In the wake of the horrific shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night, which left more 50 people dead and 400 injured, Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo have set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for Las Vegas shooting victims and their families.
"We are raising funds to assist the victim's of the tragic Las Vegas shooting," Sisolak wrote on the Las Vegas Victims' Fund page. "I am at Clark County's only level-one trauma center with the victims and their families as we speak. Funds will be used to provide relief and financial support to the victims and families of the horrific Las Vegas mass shooting."
Sisolak said he pledged the first $10,000. So far, in the less than three hours since it's been up, the campaign has raised over $58,000 of its $500,000 goal.
Although $500,000 is an important start, it is likely only a drop in the bucket of the amount of assistance victims will need. The attack, which began just after 10 p.m. on Sunday night when a gunman shot into a crowd of over 20,000 concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip, is the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
The number of victims continues to rise and right now, one of the most immediate concerns facing victims and the hospitals treating them, is having enough blood for all of the people who require surgery. Blood donation centers have been set up around Nevada, and even those of you outside the state can help by donating blood at your local Red Cross.
More to come...
