• Kenneth Wright embraces Cara Knoedler on the anniversary of the Oct 1, 2017 mass shooting, in Las Vegas. Behind them is the site of the massacre. AP
    Kenneth Wright embraces Cara Knoedler on the anniversary of the Oct 1, 2017 mass shooting, in Las Vegas. Behind them is the site of the massacre. AP
  • Survivors return to the scene at the shuttered site of a country music festival on the first anniversary of the incident. AP
    Survivors return to the scene at the shuttered site of a country music festival on the first anniversary of the incident. AP
  • People gather to dedicate a healing garden to the tragedy. EPA
    People gather to dedicate a healing garden to the tragedy. EPA
  • Clark County Commissioner and Nevada Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak places a rose on a wall during the dedication of a healing garden. EPA
    Clark County Commissioner and Nevada Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak places a rose on a wall during the dedication of a healing garden. EPA
  • Flowers are placed at a memorial during a healing garden dedication. EPA
    Flowers are placed at a memorial during a healing garden dedication. EPA
  • Survivors form a human chain around the shuttered site of the music festival. AP
    Survivors form a human chain around the shuttered site of the music festival. AP
  • A view of the Las Vegas Strip as casinos dim their lights. Reuters
    A view of the Las Vegas Strip as casinos dim their lights. Reuters
  • Stones are placed at a memorial during a healing garden dedication. EPA
    Stones are placed at a memorial during a healing garden dedication. EPA
  • Former US Representative Gabby Giffords places a rose on a wall during the dedication of a healing garden. EPA
    Former US Representative Gabby Giffords places a rose on a wall during the dedication of a healing garden. EPA
  • People gather to dedicate a healing garden. EPA
    People gather to dedicate a healing garden. EPA

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Las Vegas dims its lights in memory of massacre - in pictures

People watch gambling capital's lights fade to mark deadliest shooting in modern US history

The National

October 02, 2018

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Casinos lining the famous Las Vegas Strip dimmed their lights to mark the first anniversary of last year's mass shooting at a concert that left 58 people dead and hundreds wounded.

Along with the illuminations, the famous Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the outskirts of the Nevada city went dark for three minutes at 10:01 p.m. local time on Monday — around the time last year when Stephen Paddock opened fire from the Mandalay Bay hotel on a country music festival across the street.

The event is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

The Strip's lights were last dimmed in October 2017, marking a week after the massacre.

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