Las Vegas shooting: ‘Dedicated’ kindergarten teacher among those killed

9 October 2017

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Mood on the Las Vegas Strip varies after mass shooting | 2:08

Visitors from Colorado, England and Missouri talk about the mood is on the Las Vegas Strip after Sunday’s mass shooting. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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Healing garden springs up after Las Vegas shooting | 2:14

Volunteers have come together to construct the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden as a result of the tragic mass shooting that happened Oct. 1, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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Nurses at University Medical Center describe treating hundr of victims in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting that killed 59. Brett Kelman/The Desert Sun

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Memorial grows on the Strip for Las Vegas massacre victims | 1:03

A small memorial is growing on the Las Vegas Strip in remembrance of the 59 people who died in the Sunday massacre. Andrea Ybarra-Rojas and her daughter, Anya, 7, explain why they stopped by Tuesday evening, Oct. 3, 2017. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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Body-camera footage of shooting in Las Vegas | 3:00

Las Vegas Metro Police have released footage from the body cameras worn by officers responding to the scene of the shooting Oct. 2, 2017.
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Emergency-room doctor describes helping victims of Las Vegas shooting | 1:21

Emergency Medicine Doctor Daniel Inglish of Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, talks Oct. 3, 2017, about working all night on victims of the Las Vegas shooting that were admitted to his hospital. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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Las Vegas shooting: Former colleague gives blood in honor of friend killed at concert | 1:44

Paul Ford, a retired police sergeant from the Manhattan Beach Police Department, stands in line Oct. 3, 2017, to give blood in Las Vegas in honor of his friend, Rachael Parker, who was killed at a concert there Oct. 1. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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Victim recalls Las Vegas shooting | 1:08

Brian Kip was at the music festival and said he ran after hearing and seeing gunshots spraying across the crowd on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Video by Nick Oza/azcentral.com

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Nurse helped Las Vegas wounded in hospital | 2:10

Jon Dimaya, a Las Vegas nurse, triaged victims of the Las Vegas massacre as they were admitted to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Sunday night, October 1, 2017, after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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People attended a prayer vigil outside Las Vegas City Hall to honor the 59 people who died and more than 527 who were injured in the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. Nick Oza/azcentral.com

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Man heard shots, helped concert goers | 1:23

John Hammond, who lives in an apartment complex very close to the location of the massacre at Mandalay Bay, recounts hearing the shots and then opening his apartment complex to concert goers running in fear down his street. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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Joe Thomas and Elizabeth Reitz describe hearing of the Las Vegas shooting | 2:20

Joe Thomas and Elizabeth Reitz give an emotional interview about hearing the news of their friends who were barricaded inside Mandalay Bay when the Las Vegas shooting occurred Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017.

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St. George gun shop owner Chris Michel said he sold a gun earlier this year to Stephen Paddock, the 64-year-old Mesquite resident believed to have been the gunman in a mass shooting late Sunday that left more than 50 people dead.
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Sunrise Medical Center treats 180 Las Vegas shooting victims | 1:09

Arizona Republic reporter Yihyun Jeong is at Sunrise Medical Center in Las Vegas after the deadly mass shooting Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. The facility has treated 180 victims, 14 of which have died, and has administered 50 surgeries. Nick Oza/azcentral

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Witness to Las Vegas shooting | 2:39

Anthony Luca, 30, Las Vegas, NV, was attending the country music concert across the street from Mandalay Bay when gunshots rang out. He describes the chaos, running for cover and then helping a wounded man into an ambulance. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com

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How the Las Vegas shooting unfolded | 2:17

A motion graphic explaining how the events unfolded when Stephen Paddock opened fire from his hotel room on concert goers at the Route 91 Harvest music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Jenny Parks, an energetic and passionate kindergarten teacher and mother of two from Califiornia, was killed in the Las Vegas shooting on Oct. 1, 2017.(Photo: Westside Union School District)

An energetic kindergarten teacher and mother of two from California was among those who died after being shot Sunday night in Las Vegas, according to school officials.

Jenny Parks was in her third year of teaching at Anaverde Hills Elementary School in Palmdale, California, north of Los Angeles, school officials confirmed via Facebook.

Parks was at Sunday’s country music concert at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino with her husband, Bobby, when a gunman fired on concertgoers. Parks‘ husband suffered injuries to his arm and hand.

Jenny Parks, an energetic and passionate kindergarten teacher and mother of two from Califiornia, was killed in the Las Vegas shooting on Oct. 1, 2017. (Photo: Westside Union School District)

Those who knew Parks praised her passion and the energy she brought to the classroom.

“She was so proud to be a teacher and her spirit was something to behold,” school officials said in a statement. “The students who were instructed by her knew what it was to love learning as Jenny instilled in them a sense of wonder, curiosity and excitement.

“She will be sorely missed from our lives.”

Grief counselors were available to assist students and others in the community.

A GoFundMe has been established to assist the Parks family.

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Sherri Camperchioli and Jordan Cassel, volunteers from Las Vegas, staple photos of the mass shooting victims on 58 crosses artist Greg Zanis of Aurora, Illinois, constructed. He drove across the country, arriving in Las Vegas Thursday afternoon, Oct. 5, 2017, to install them on Las Vegas Blvd to honor the people killed in the mass shooting. Zanis said he has created crosses for many of the recent national tragedies, Newtown, San Bernardino and now Las Vegas. Mandalay Bay is in the background.
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