WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:03.240 We have an active shooter. We have an after shoot. It's go ahead 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:10.039 of me, Claire. That's a mass casualty Welcome to Active Shooter, a 3 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:15.439 podcast that covers the whys, the hows, and the aftermath of active shooter 4 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:24.359 and mass casualty events. I have an active shooter in the building. A 5 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:31.239 checking call says they are big attacks. We got Josh Flier at four fifteen 6 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:48.960 as broaching ninety one sound like, oh, I'm at a fire. Active 7 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.039 shooter. It's of an active shooter, active shooter, active shooter in mass 8 00:00:53.159 --> 00:01:00.640 casualty incidents. Thank you for listening. You are listening to Active Shooter, 9 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.599 a podcast that may contain adult themes, explicit language, and graphic depictions of 10 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:11.040 violence. Portions of this show may be traumatic for those under eighteen. Listener 11 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:21.519 discretion is advised. This is an NBC News special report. Here's Lesterholt. 12 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:25.799 Good afternoon. We're coming back on the air with breaking news about that shooting 13 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:30.400 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. NBC News is reporting, according 14 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.599 to law enforcement sources, that there are multiple fatalities and police say the suspect 15 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:38.519 is also dead. There is, as you might understand, a massive police 16 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.840 presence on and around campus. There is even a ground stop in place at 17 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:47.879 the airport, which is virtually next door. Now the university, with an 18 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:52.000 enrollment of about thirty thousand students, has closed for the rest of the day. 19 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:57.879 The UNLV shooting happened a mere three miles away from the location of the 20 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:02.079 deadliest mass shooting in our country system. The entire country watched the shooting at 21 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:07.840 the Route ninety one Harvest festival at Mandalay Bay unfold before their horrified eyes. 22 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:13.960 Now, six years and nearly two months later, we've experienced hundreds of shootings 23 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:19.360 that have captured the nation's attention in the worst possible way. The shooting at 24 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:24.800 UNLV was as unexpected as it was unexplainable. The shooter obviously had an issue 25 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:30.080 with the university that he attacked, yet the issue was clear to no one 26 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:35.840 except perhaps the shooter. We don't know precisely how planned or organized the shooter 27 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.520 was, but in the mere ten minutes he reigned terror over the Beam Hall 28 00:02:40.639 --> 00:02:46.080 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he managed to cause a lifetime 29 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:52.400 of trauma and unease for thousands of impacted individuals. Today's case is dedicated to 30 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:57.560 the lives and memories of the three injured survivors and the three shooting victims. 31 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:04.479 Patricia pat navarrov as Cha, Jann, Jerry Chung, and Naoko Takemaru. 32 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:16.319 Active Shooter. The podcast is a High five Holly production and I'm your host 33 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:22.199 JT. If you've listened to our prior episodes, you know that the Active 34 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:27.479 Shooter podcast team has taken the no notoriety pledge and we will not be sharing 35 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:31.000 the real name of the shooters that we cover. We will be giving the 36 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:36.960 shooters a pseudonym and refer to them by that name throughout the episode. This 37 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.199 will help in clearing up any confusion in the story while remaining true to our 38 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:47.439 pledge and not naming the shooter by their actual name. We will refer to 39 00:03:47.520 --> 00:04:01.280 today's shooter as Aaron. Wednesday, tomb six, twenty twenty three was a 40 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:08.719 typical winter day on the University of Nevada Las Vegas or UNLV campus, located 41 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:13.560 in Paradise, Nevada. The campus was a bustling one with about thirty thousand 42 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:17.040 students attending. The morning was pleasant, with the temperature in the high sixties. 43 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:21.800 The day was slightly overcast, with cloud cover blanketing the sky before opening 44 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:28.680 back up to offer glimpses of pure blue. The UNLV campus was busy with 45 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.279 classes in full spring on that Wednesday morning. A little after eleven am, 46 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:36.600 sixty seven year old Arran drove to his local post office, where he proceeded 47 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:41.920 to mail out twenty two separate letters, each one addressed to a different university 48 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.800 official and each bearing no return address. From the post office, Arin drove 49 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:51.600 to the Frank and Estella Beam Hall, arriving at approximately eleven thirty am. 50 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.720 The hall was an instructional facility which also happened to be the main building for 51 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:01.759 the Lee Business School at UNLV. Aaron parked his two thousand and seven Lexus 52 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:06.040 and at eleven thirty one am, security footage captured Aaron walking around his car 53 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:11.480 to the passenger side, where he opened the door and pulled out a nine 54 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:16.279 millimeter Taurus PT ninety two semi automatic pistol. He looked closely at the firearm 55 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.920 before inserting it into the waistband of his pants and slammed the car door shut. 56 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:28.439 Aaron walked purposely towards Beam Hall. He entered the hall at around eleven 57 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:32.279 forty five am. And strode towards the stairs and up to the fourth floor, 58 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.879 where he walked to the end of the hallway and backed down another staircase. 59 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:43.360 Aarin wasn't just brandishing a gun, though, he opened fire immediately and 60 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:47.959 continued to shoot aimlessly and randomly. Petrified students hearing the gunshots began to run 61 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:54.800 and hide. Aaron paced several floors, causing panic, hysteria, and confusion. 62 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:00.399 Victims and survivors were shot on the third, fourth and fifth floor the 63 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:05.920 hall, including thirty nine year old professor of Accounting Information Systems Patricia pat Navarro 64 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:11.279 Valez. Pat, a wife and dedicated mother of four, had studied Spanish 65 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:15.120 and biology for undergrad before pursuing a master's degree in accounting from Bowling Green State 66 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:20.759 University. She then worked in risk assurance at pw C also known as Price 67 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:25.920 Waterhouse Coopers, which is an audit and assurance, consulting and tax service firm. 68 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:30.680 During her employment at p w C, Pat earned her PhD at the 69 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:34.000 University of Central Florida. Pat always knew that she was meant to teach and 70 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.360 mentor, and that is precisely what she did, making a powerful impact on 71 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:45.199 the lives of many of her students. The brilliant and caring woman who love 72 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:49.399 to cook and spend time with family will be deeply missed by many that she 73 00:06:49.600 --> 00:07:10.600 touched along the way. The first nine one one call was placed at about 74 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:15.199 eleven forty five am. The caller reported a shooter in the beam hall at 75 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:19.360 UNLV. Because there were several law enforcement units nearby. When they were dispatched, 76 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:30.920 the police response time was immediate. Police responded within one minute, like 77 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:36.319 fun, I'm hiding under my desk, make a worse walk. Have you 78 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:42.879 heard anything else before or after? I heard some screaming. Okay, who 79 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:46.639 else is in the office with you? Me? My boss is working for 80 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:55.879 all. Let's do it. Just your s. Meanwhile, as the shooter 81 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:59.680 was moving up and down from one floor to the next, one student reported 82 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.560 that they and approximately a dozen other classmates were inside of the journalism building when 83 00:08:03.600 --> 00:08:07.439 they heard the shooting. They barricaded the door as a steady stream of alerts 84 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:13.399 began pouring into their respective cell phones. The alerts were brief quote, evacuate 85 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:20.560 to a safe place and run, hide, fight. The students didn't know 86 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:24.800 exactly where the shooter was, so they each used what may have been their 87 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:31.439 last minutes to call family and say they loved them. The fear that such 88 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:37.559 an act induces is utterly immeasurable. Another victim who was killed with sixty four 89 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:43.240 year old cha Jan Jerry Chang, a management information systems professor at UNLV since 90 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:48.279 two thousand and one. Jerry earned his bachelor's degree in oceanography from the National 91 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:54.240 Taiwan Ocean University in May of nineteen eighty one, before completing his master's degree 92 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.759 in computer science from Central Michigan University May of nineteen eighty six, Jerry was 93 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:05.240 finished pursuing education, though so he continued, earning an MBA from Texas University 94 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:09.440 in May of nineteen eighty seven. He studied his way to yet another Masters 95 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:13.480 and Management of Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh in July of nineteen ninety 96 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:18.519 five. Jerry achieved yet another educational milestone in June of two thousand and one 97 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:24.440 when he earned a PhD in Management of Information Systems from the University of Pittsburgh. 98 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.360 Doctor Jerry Chong taught an assortment of classes including data communications, database management, 99 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:37.960 and database design and implementation at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Doctor 100 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:43.440 Chong's students thought it was funny and endearing that their beloved professor didn't own a 101 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.679 cell phone. He would always say that he had a phone in his office 102 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:50.200 and at home, and besides, he believed people spent far too much time 103 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:54.519 on their cell phones, neglecting those around them in the process. It wasn't 104 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.120 the way the doctor preferred to live, and his brilliance and simple way of 105 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.799 living will be missed by all. Inside of a nearby building, another student 106 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:07.519 heard shots being fired, about six shots in total. She and the other 107 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:13.480 students she was with all hid in utter silence inside of their classroom, lights 108 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:20.279 switched off and the door locked tight. Back inside of Beamhall, thirty nine 109 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:26.279 year old Naoko Takemaru had been shot and killed. The compassionate professor cared deeply 110 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:30.559 for her students and was known to insist on an open door policy. She 111 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:35.039 genuinely wanted each one to succeed and would do whatever it took to assist in 112 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.080 that process. Naoko was in her twentieth year with university, after having earned 113 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:45.279 two master's degrees, one from Michigan State University and one from Monterey Institute of 114 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:52.759 International Studies. She earned a PhD from Claremont Graduate University. Naoko began her 115 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:56.879 American dream as a foreign exchange student in nineteen seventy four, and the treasured 116 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:07.440 Professor will be dearly missed. Elsewhere in the hall, as sociology professor was 117 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:11.639 listening to a student give a presentation when the screen inside the classroom flashed with 118 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:16.600 an alert of an active shooter. Within moments, all students and faculty received 119 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.519 the same alert to their cell phones and emails. We were in the student 120 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.679 union on the second floor and we heard at the business building, the VH 121 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.279 on the second floor there was an active shooter. We found out cops were 122 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:33.559 on site and we just sheltered in place until we were evacuated, and it 123 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:39.320 took about maybe thirty minutes to get us evacuated. Upon their arrival, police 124 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.240 entered the hall searching for the shooter. When they encountered Aaron, gunfire was 125 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:48.600 immediately exchanged and police neutralized the shooter. It was later discovered that Aaron carried 126 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:54.440 eleven magazines which contained over one hundred fifty rounds, but he had only nine 127 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:58.879 loaded magazines on his person. Inside of the hall. An alarm started going 128 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:03.919 off during the shooting, which caused serious confusion, but after hearing someone shouting 129 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:09.039 that there was a gun, students and faculty faced the terrible realization that this 130 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:13.879 wasn't a fire drill or even a real fire. This was a shooting attack, 131 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:18.600 and no one knew who was next. The entire shooting lasted about ten 132 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.360 minutes from start to finish. About eight minutes after the initial nine to one 133 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.279 one call, the university posted on their x formerly known as Twitter account that 134 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:31.960 police responded to reports of gunfire and were urging students and faculty at Beam Hall 135 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:37.840 to quote evacuate to a safe area. The event's center at the university was 136 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:43.559 established as a reunification center along with the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention 137 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.720 Center, and an emergency hotline was implemented. Subsequent investigation showed that Aarin carried 138 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:52.480 a list of individuals that he was seeking out during the shooting. None of 139 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:58.159 those on his list were shot or killed, and police were able to intercept 140 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.399 one of the twenty two letters Aaron made before the shooting. There was an 141 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:07.720 unidentified, unknown white powder inside the envelope. Later testing determined that the powder 142 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:13.440 was indeed harmless, but the intent to invoke fear was very much successful. 143 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.759 Eventually, law enforcement was able to collect each of the twenty two letters, 144 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.120 which seemed to call random professors or teachers degrading names and contained rambling thoughts of 145 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:30.639 nonsense. One letter included the line quote good professors at top schools teach from 146 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:37.080 their mind lecture and lecture notes, only dumbasses instruct by reading off textbook pages 147 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.279 and slides, while another read quote, you think your shit don't stink, 148 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:46.399 but really your stupid and incompetent most of your career. You're just a huge, 149 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:50.639 evil fuck up. There were many other confusing, garrulous musings that filled 150 00:13:50.679 --> 00:14:11.159 the pages of each letter. Aarin was born in North Carolina in nineteen fifty 151 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:15.799 six. He worked for major corporations, including giants like Volvo, Brown and 152 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:20.000 Root, and Kellogg before he decided to pursue education. Aaron earned a master's 153 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.360 of Business administration at Duke University in nineteen ninety one, and then went on 154 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:28.840 to achieve a PhD in business administration from the University of Georgia in two thousand 155 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:33.159 and two. While he was studying for his PhD, Aaron began working as 156 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:39.200 an assistant professor at East Carolina University in the College of Businesses Department of Marketing 157 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.600 and Supply Chain Management. In two thousand and one. Aarin was a tenure 158 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:48.039 associate professor of business at ECU in Greenville, North Carolina, from two thousand 159 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:52.879 and one to twenty seventeen. When he left ECU, Aarin accepted a position 160 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.759 as an adjunct professor of business at Roseman University of Health Sciences in Henderson, 161 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:03.840 Nevada, from two thusenty eighteen to twenty twenty two. During the time Aaron 162 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:09.159 lived in Nevada, he applied numerous times at UNLV and even several colleges throughout 163 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:15.039 the state. Erin was in dire straits financially, and he was served in 164 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:18.360 eviction notice which had been prominently taped to the front of his apartment door. 165 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:24.519 His LinkedIn claimed that he was a quote semi retired professor and noted, quote 166 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:28.720 the greatest gifts and takeaways I possess from my many years within higher education or 167 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:35.240 the many kind and positive comments students made regarding my instructions and disposition toward them. 168 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:39.080 The page was removed after the shooting, though Erin also maintained a personal 169 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.200 website which detailed his travels and claimed that he made quote more than two dozen 170 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:48.519 trips to Vegas over the last fifteen years. While he claimed not to gamble, 171 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.480 Erin was clearly captivated by Sin City. Several students even claimed that their 172 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:58.519 professor seemed to have a sort of obsession with Las Vegas and an unrelated preoccupation 173 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:03.159 with student feedback. One student said that Aaron was transfixed with Las Vegas, 174 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.159 even spending the first month of the semester talking about the syllabus, while the 175 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:11.679 balance of the semester, Aaron spoke almost exclusively about his time in the city 176 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:17.919 he seemed to love so dearly. Aaron talked about the hotels he visited, 177 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:21.879 shops he frequented, shows he watched, and even spoke of those whom he 178 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:26.559 visited when there. The same student claimed quote, if you can imagine a 179 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.519 college class where you just relive someone's vacation like that was kind of the class. 180 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:34.440 It was all we talked about from the start of the class to the 181 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:40.279 end of it, and further said that class was the most odd and unconventional 182 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:45.639 one he'd ever taken. Aaron had a graduate assistant who worked for him for 183 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:48.480 about six months in the fall of twenty eleven. The student's name was TJ 184 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.480 Strickland, and TJ later stated that Aaron was quote eccentric, but overall an 185 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:57.799 incredibly nice guy. He said that Aarin was strict about his organization and email 186 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.559 systems and expected every everything to be done in a very specific manner. If 187 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:04.200 you didn't get it right the first time, or the second time, or 188 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:10.519 anytime, frankly, it needed to be completely redone. He was very particular 189 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:15.000 to the point of obsessively compulsive. One such example is when TJ had to 190 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.079 print assignments and tests for students. If the tests weren't stapled in the exact 191 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:22.279 fashion that Aaron wanted, everything had to be thrown away and done again, 192 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:30.720 ensuring that the staple was placed just so. There was a shooting scare previously 193 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.440 in twenty eleven, but it turned out that the supposed shooter was only carrying 194 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:40.319 an umbrella. Aaron later gave TJ an umbrella as a graduation present as a 195 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:45.640 joke, which never appeared to bother TJ, and indeed he was completely shocked 196 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.559 when he learned that Aaron was the shooter. TJ had always believed he was 197 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:55.079 a kind man who wasn't capable of such a horrific act. Another of Aaron's 198 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:59.839 former students from ECU claimed that she was a mentee of Aeron's. She was 199 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.440 taking online classes with him, but before long, Aerin started making advances towards 200 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:07.680 the woman, which made her feel very uncomfortable, leaving her feeling almost preyed 201 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.960 upon. One day, when she was physically on campus, she found herself 202 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:15.440 in an elevator with Erin. When she mentioned being one of his students, 203 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.960 Erin went out of his way to assist her in landing an important internship. 204 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:23.680 He even helped write her resume and cover letters. However, after he helped, 205 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.720 Aaron reached out to the student nearly every single day for the whole semester, 206 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.920 and he even tried to give her gifts. By the end of the 207 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.559 first semester, the woman was invited to Las Vegas with Erin, and it 208 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:38.799 was then that she chose to cut off contact. She was incredibly clear that 209 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.799 Erin never touched her in appropriately, nor did he act out after she ceased 210 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:48.920 contact, but he still left her feeling uneasy. He dressed professionally and often 211 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:52.799 wore a very heavy cologne. The woman felt like Erin was maybe a bit 212 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.920 of a loner or even lonely, which made him sometimes get a little too 213 00:18:57.000 --> 00:19:02.000 personal with her, as if he just needed someone to talk to. Other 214 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:07.319 students often claimed that Aaron was obsessed with his popularity and reviews on ratemyprofessors dot 215 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:12.359 Com and seemed almost addicted to reading the comments that students left, actively trying 216 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:18.160 to guess which students made each comment. Classes at UNLV were canceled for the 217 00:19:18.200 --> 00:19:22.599 balance of the week following the shooting. Finals were scheduled for the following week, 218 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.839 but on December eighth, twenty twenty three, the university president, Keith 219 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:30.799 Whitfield, made an announcement that in person classes would be canceled for the remainder 220 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:36.079 of the twenty twenty three year due to the physical and emotional trauma the entire 221 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:40.720 campus experienced. On the day of the shooting, NHL team Las Vegas Golden 222 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:45.079 Knights stood in a moment of silence before the game versus the Saint Louis Blues 223 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.400 at Tmobile Arena. Another four days after the shooting, the Golden Knights again 224 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:53.640 honored the UNLV shooting victims and survivors in a ceremony before the game against the 225 00:19:53.759 --> 00:20:00.160 San Jose Sharks. During walkins, the Golden Knights players wore t shirts that 226 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.440 honored the victims and their families, and they wore special decals on their game 227 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:10.000 helmets as well. The National Finals rodeo was scheduled for December seventh, twenty 228 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:12.880 twenty three, but the kickoff event was canceled and a moment of silence was 229 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:19.039 held on December eighth, honoring the victims. On December tenth, twenty twenty 230 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:25.200 three, the Las Vegas Raiders observed a moment of silence before their game against 231 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:30.759 the Minnesota Vikings. The UNLV Foundation established scholarships in honor of each of the 232 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.880 three shooting victims that were murdered at the hands of one of their very own 233 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:40.359 peers. We all have the unique ability to help prevent such a catastrophic event 234 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:44.839 from happening if we keep our eyes and ears open and never hesitate to report 235 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:49.440 when something or some one just doesn't seem right. With the delicate balance of 236 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:55.279 mental health reform, education, active shooter training, and common sense gun laws, 237 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:59.160 we may one day realize the dream, the dream that there will be 238 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:04.200 no more active shootings. We pray that love will prevail over hate. Too 239 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:12.000 many have died. We should say to ourselves not one more. In the 240 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.519 meantime, we urge our listeners to stay aware of your surroundings and keep in 241 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:21.160 touch with your loved ones. If you see something, say something, you 242 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:32.160 never know how many lives you'll be saving. Thank you for listening to today's 243 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:37.000 episode of Active Shooter the Podcast. Remember, if you see something, say 244 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:41.880 something, there's no telling how many lives you may be saving. A big 245 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:47.119 thank you to Darren Curtis, who composed some of the songs on our show. 246 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:55.079 You can find him online at www dot Darrencurtis music dot com. Make 247 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:57.920 sure to check us out on social media. You can find us on Facebook 248 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:06.440 at Active Shooter the Podcast and on Twitter at podcast Active. Thank you and 249 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.160 be safe.