An estimated $7 million has been pledged to victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas including one anonymous donor who promised to give $500,000.
A GoFundMe page to raise money for families of the victims, which killed 59 and wounded hundreds more, has raised over $4,120,000 as of 7.30pm EST.
The page, set up by Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak from Las Vegas, surpassed its goal of $3.5million earlier Tuesday, with the Oakland Raiders donating a massive $50,000.
A GoFundMe page to raise money for families of the victims of Sunday night’s shooting in Las Vegas which killed 59 has raised $4,126,309 of its $4.5 million goal
Sisolak later confirmed Tuesday that an anonymous donor pledged $500,000 to help support those affected by the shooting. That donation is separate from the online campaign.
Singer Wayne Newton, known by his fans as ‘Mr. Las Vegas,’ also said he would give $100,000 to victims’ families while the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino promised another $3 million, according to NBC News.
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More than 59,000 people have contributed to the GoFundMe as of Tuesday evening
Wayne, who met with victims and their families on Monday, said that despite the horrific nature of Sunday evening’s event, Las Vegas will recover.
‘I don’t believe that this will define what Las Vegas and Nevada is,’ he told CBS affiliate WFOR.
‘I think that the kindness and… the promptness of our first responders will truly define (it),’ he added.
More than 59,000 people have contributed to the GoFundMe as of Tuesday evening.
‘Funds will be used to provide relief and financial support to the victims and families of the horrific Las Vegas mass shooting,’ Sisolak wrote on the funding website.
Following the announcement, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts Jim Murren said in a statement that the money is aimed at helping victims and their families rebuild their lives.
MGM Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino said it will donate $3 million to victims, saying they hope the money can help victims and their families rebuild their lives
‘There are simply no words to express our grief and outrage over this senseless and horrific attack on our community,’ Murren said in the statement.
‘With this donation, we hope to make a difference to those who were harmed and those who are left behind. We also wish to recognize the awesome contributions of first responders, not just here in not just here in Las Vegas but around the United States, who give so completely of themselves when disaster strikes.’
‘On behalf of our Las Vegas community, I wish to say thank you to our global community who remind us from moment to moment that we are not alone,’ he adds.
Celebrities like former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson and musician Kid Rock also donated to the GoFundMe initiative, with both giving $10,000 a piece.
Celebrities like former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson (Pictured Left) and musician Kid Rock also donated to the GoFundMe initiative, with both giving $10,000 a piece
The Oakland Raiders, who are set to relocate to Las Vegas within the next few years, released a statement Monday about the attack: ‘The heart of the Raider Nation goes out to Las Vegas’
The catastrophic evening, which saw Stephen Paddock kill 59 people and injure 527 as he shot from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, has left hundreds of families grief-stricken, which is why Sisolak started the page.
The Oakland Raiders, who are set to relocate to Las Vegas within the next few years, released a statement Monday about the attack.
Singer Wayne Newton, seen hugging victims from Sunday night’s shooting, donated $100,000 (Pictured 2013)
‘The Raiders family is shocked and saddened by the tragedy in Las Vegas and our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families and first responders,’ the team said in a statement.
‘The heart of the Raider Nation goes out to Las Vegas,’ they concluded.
Sisolak also said: ‘Thank you everyone for your donations. Please keep sharing this with your family and friends.’
After Paddock unleashed hundreds of bullets on the innocent concertgoers at the country music festival, a SWAT Team blew open the door to the Las Vegas suite he was using as a sniper nest, but he’d already shot himself.
Cops recovered 23 guns, some with scopes, two with tripods – he had apparently used automatic rifles.
He also had 19 other guns, as well as explosives and as-yet-undetermined electronic devices, at his home.
Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo has said the hundreds of people who were wounded were taken to five southern Nevada hospitals.
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo (L) briefs members of the media outside Metro Police headquarters early Monday with Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak (R) who started the GoFundMe page for the Las Vegas victims
People hug and cry outside the Thomas & Mack Center after the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival on Sunday evening
A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of the music festival along the Las Vegas Strip
People paid their respects to the victims affected by Sunday night’s deadly shooting