Clark County and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will co-host a 1 October Sunrise Remembrance ceremony at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at the Clark County Government Center Amphitheater in downtown Las Vegas.
The event will feature the Southern Nevada Multiagency Honor Guard, a minute of silence for those lost at the October 1, 2017, shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, and remarks from Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill, Clark County Commission Chairman Tick Segerblom and Jeff Poole of Simi Valley, Calif. Poole’s daughter, Keri Lynn Galvan, age 31 of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was one of the 58 who perished in the immediate aftermath of the attack (two others later passed away from their injuries). Galvan was married and the mother of three children. The ceremony also will feature an acoustic performance of a song called “The Fight” by Bryan Hopkins, lead singer of Elvis Monroe, and a survivor of the tragedy that occurred at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Attendees may wish to bring lawn chairs since limited seating will be available.
Clark County and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are co-hosting the event with the Clark County Fire Department and the local Resiliency & Justice Center.
The Sunrise Remembrance will be aired live on Clark County Television (CCTV) and possibly local news media television stations and websites. The ceremony will be carried live on the County’s YouTube, Facebook and X channels. CCTV is available in the Las Vegas area on Channel 4 on Cox cable as well as in Laughlin on Channel 14 via Optimum. CCTV airs in Boulder City on Channel 4 and in Moapa Valley on Digital Channel 50.3. Viewers also can watch CCTV on streaming devices such as Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV via the YouTube app. A recording of the event will be available on-demand later in the day on the County’s YouTube and Facebook pages.
Following the ceremony, which is expected to last about one hour, the public will be invited to visit the Rotunda Gallery, located inside the Government Center on the first floor, to view the “Remembering 1 October” exhibit. The exhibit will be in place Sept. 29 through Oct. 9 and features a selection of items from the Clark County Museum’s 1 October collection including banners, letters, cowboy hats, stuffed animals and mementos left at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign and other locations as offerings of grief and support following the shooting.
This Sunrise Remembrance is one of several activities being held this year to honor victims and survivors of the attack and to highlight the community’s unity and strength in the aftermath of 1 October. A list of community-related 1 October remembrance events scheduled during September and October is available on the Resiliency & Justice Center’s website at https://resiliencyandjustice.org/calendar/remembrance/.
Editor’s note: A designated television camera area will be set up within the grassy area of the amphitheater in front of the stage to allow media to connect to a broadcast feed of the remembrance ceremony. Television broadcast media parking will be reserved along the curb next to the amphitheater. We will open access to the parking lot at 4:30 a.m.
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Clark County is a dynamic and innovative organization dedicated to providing top-quality service with integrity, respect and accountability. With jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and covering an area the size of New Jersey, Clark is the nation’s 11th-largest county and provides extensive regional services to 2.4 million citizens and 45.6 million visitors a year (2023). Included are the nation’s 5th-busiest airport, air quality compliance, social services and the state’s largest public hospital, University Medical Center. The County also provides municipal services that are traditionally provided by cities to 1 million residents in the unincorporated area. Those include fire protection, roads and other public works, parks and recreation, and planning and development.