Source – A fourth Canadian has been identified as one of the 59 people killed at a Las Vegasmusic festival Sunday.
Tara Roe, from Okotoks, Alta., was at Route 91 Harvest Festival with her husband when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street. She was originally from Brandon, Man.
Friends and family confirmed to Global News that Roe was one of the victims killed in the attack.
Roe, 34, was a mother of two. A GoFundMe page has been set up for her family.
Tara Roe, from Okotoks, Alta., was at Route 91 Harvest Festival with her husband when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street. She was originally from Brandon, Man.
Friends and family confirmed to Global News that Roe was one of the victims killed in the attack.
Roe, 34, was a mother of two. A GoFundMe page has been set up for her family.
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Source – JASPER, Alta. — A third Canadian is among the dead in a mass shooting at a country music show in Las Vegas.
Calla Medig had taken time off from her job at Moxie’s restaurant in west Edmonton to attend the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas, said her boss, Scott Collingwood.”This had started to become an annual thing for her, I believe it was her third trip,” Collingwood told The Canadian Press.
When news broke about the mass shooting at the festival on Sunday, Collingwood said he immediately called Medig, but it went right to voicemail. She didn’t answer texts or Facebook messages, he added.
On Monday, he called her roommate, who went to Vegas with Medig, and got the terrible news.
“She was a little bit of everything around here, she was kind of a rock and as of Thursday she would have been our newest manager,” Collingwood said. “A lot of us around here have super heavy hearts and we already miss her.”
At last count, there were three more Canadians injured in the attack that is thought to be in fair condition. Due to the sheer number of injuries and some yet unnamed victims, it’s not known whether that figure will change
Should you feel the need to donate, please do. Keep all the families affected, not just Canadians in your prayers as authorities still sort through his unthinkable tragedy.
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