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The iconic lights of the Las Vegas Strip will be dark Monday night as Sin City watches the first anniversary of a deadly shootout.
The lights will be off at 22:01 on Monday in memory of the 58 victims, whose names will be read on a memorial site, USA today reports.
Flags across Nevada will also fly half-staff Monday, and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval will deliver remarks at a ceremony at sunrise celebrating 58 seconds of silence.
"Many people have probably forgotten it," said Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, according to USA today. "The birthday will spark a lot of emotions, good and bad."
On October 1st, thousands of people gathered in Las Vegas for the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. But the concert degenerated into terror and chaos when gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the nearby hotel and casino, in Mandalay Bay.
Read more: These are the victims of shooting in Las Vegas
The police later found Paddock, a 64-year-old retired accountant, who died as a result of an alleged gunshot wound. The investigators were not able to identify his motive.
The shooting was the deadliest in modern history and sparked a new debate on gun restrictions in America. Paddock was prepared for the massacre with at least 10 weapons, including rifles equipped with "bump stocks", a modification allowing semi-automatic firearms to shoot at a faster and almost automatic pace.
In March, after another shootout killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida, the Justice Department proposed banning "boot stocks."
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