Fears are mounting over the missing wife of a California police officer after he told her to run in the aftermath of the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting.
San Francisco Police Officer Vinnie Etcheber and his wife, Stacee, were attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival when bullets began raining down on the crowd.
Vinnie urged Stacee, 50, and their two friends to run while he stayed behind and assisted the wounded.
Now, the family is trying to spread the word in hopes that somebody who has information about Stacee will contact them.
Stacee Etcheber (left), the wife of San Francisco Police Officer Vinnie (right), is missing in the aftermath of the deadly Las Vegas mass shooting
Stacee (pictured, with her daughter) and Vinnie were attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival with two friends when bullets began raining down on the crowd
Vinnie urged Stacee, 50 (pictured, with her daughter), and their two friends to run while he stayed behind and assisted the wounded
‘I’m hoping maybe she did get hurt and is in a situation where she can’t talk and she’s in the hospital in a Jane Doe status and we’re waiting to go in and identify her,’ the officer’s brother, Al Etcheber, told The Mercury News.
Al said he spoke to his brother who told him that, when the shooting broke out, the couple and their friends took cover behind security partitions on the festival grounds.
‘My brother saw people had been shot. He tried to assist them,’ he said.
‘After the first barrage, he told his wife and two other people he was with to run. Then the second barrage of guns fired. He couldn’t find his wife.’
Vinnie had been searching local hospitals overnight before being relegated to the Las Vegas police command center to wait for word.
To make matters more complicated, Stacee had left her phone behind in the hotel before the festival and had given her identification to her husband for safekeeping during the concert.
Stacee (pictured) had left her phone behind in the hotel before the festival and gave her identification to her husband for safekeeping during the concert
Stacee’s brother-in-law, Al Etcheber, has been sharing her photo across social media in the hopes that someone recognizes her and provides information on her whereabouts
Al has been sharing his sister-in-law’s photo across social media in the hopes that somebody recognizes her and provides information on her whereabouts.
‘Perhaps a nurse at one of the hospitals will identify her as a patient and let us know if she is OK,’ he said.
Vinnie and Stacee live in Novato, California, with their 13-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. Stacee is a hair stylist at the Ciao Bella hair salon in Novato.
A friend had lent the couple their Las Vegas timeshare so they could enjoy the three-day festival.
On Sunday around 10.08pm, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock (pictured), opened fire on the concert grounds from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel, across the street from the festival
Authorities say 59 people were killed and 527 were injured in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history (Pictured, an ambulance leaves the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue following the shooting)
On Sunday around 10.08pm, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, opened fire on the concert grounds from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Hotel, across the street from the festival.
Authorities say 59 people were killed and 527 were injured in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
By the time police tracked him down, Paddock had shot himself down. He was found with 16 guns in his room.