Las Vegas memorial

Marking the anniversary of the night that a gunman opened fire from a high-rise casino suite on a crowd of 22,000 country music fans, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval gathered with several hundred people at an outdoor amphitheater remembrance ceremony.

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Mon., Oct. 1, 2018

Angelica Cervantes kneels at her son Erick Silva’s grave Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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Jim Strickland, of Oroville, Calif., writes a message on a cross at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas. “I needed some closure so I had to come back,” said Strickland, who was at the music festival and came back for the anniversary.

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David Maldonado assembles a heart-shaped structure at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Oct. 1 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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People pray at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Oct. 1 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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People visit a makeshift memorial for victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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In this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo, people look at a display of wooden crosses and a Star of David on display at the Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas. The crosses and Star of David had been part of a makeshift memorial along the Las Vegas Strip erected in memory of the victims of the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas.

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In this Sept. 21, 2018 photo, the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino reflects the last sunlight of the day along the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The hotel was the scene of the the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, file photo, people’s shadows fall upon portraits of victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas. Portraits of the 58 people killed in last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas went on display Monday after artists from around the world donated their time to memorialize the victims.

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