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Monday Morning Read: More than 50 killed, 200 hurt in Las Vegas shooting; last day for longtime Cedar Rapids officer Hamblin; another fatal crash in Iowa County
Staff report
Oct. 2, 2017 8:46 am
TODAY'S WEATHER — Partly cloudy, breezy. High 83, low 64.
MORE THAN 50 KILLED, 200 HURT IN LAS VEGAS SHOOTING — A gunman in a high-rise hotel opened fire on concertgoers at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, killing at least 50 people and injuring more than 200 in one of the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history. The gunman, identified as Stephen Paddock, was later killed during a standoff with police, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/nation-world/update-at-least-58-dead-500-injured-at-shooting-on-las-vegas-strip-police-say/
LAST DAY FOR LONGTIME CEDAR RAPIDS OFFICER HAMBLIN — After 34 years of serving the public in a variety of capacities at the Cedar Rapids Police Department, including as public information officer and running the department's community outreach division, Sgt. Cristy Hamblin is retiring. Her last day is today. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/cristy-hamblin-longtime-cedar-rapids-police-sergeant-and-community-outreach-officer-retiring/
ANOTHER FATAL CRASH IN IOWA COUNTY — A Williamsburg man died in a single-vehicle crash that was discovered early Saturday, becoming the sixth person to die in Iowa County crashes in a span of eight days. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/another-fatal-crash-reported-in-iowa-county/
HAWKEYES PICKING UP THE PIECES — Everyone is allowed to be frustrated. In back-to-back weeks, the Hawkeyes have lost on the final play and the final series. It's easy to blow past the fact that Iowa (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) faced the No. 4 team in the country one of those weeks and then traveled to a foe in which the deciding margin has always been not much more than a coin flip. Frustration does that. It's an emotion that blurs and twists facts. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/complementary-element-not-there-for-iowa-football/
QUOTABLE — 'It's pretty overwhelming. I don't think Sandy had any idea, and I know I didn't, of what it has become.' Cindy Young, 66, of Palo, at Sunday's Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer, co-founded by her sister, Sandy Knight. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/life/support-for-those-impacted-by-breast-cancer-on-display-at-especially-for-you-race-in-cedar-rapids/
Las Vegas Metro Police and medical workers stage in the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South after a mass shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY