A fourth Canadian has been confirmed dead in a mass shooting at a country music show in Las Vegas.
Tara Roe Smith, who was 34 and lived in Okotoks, Alta., was there with her husband, Zach, for a weekend getaway.
Her aunt, Val Rodgers, says Roe Smith died when a gunman open fire on the crowd from the window of a hotel on Sunday night. Nearly 60 people were killed.
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Roe Smith, the mother of two young boys, is the third Albertan confirmed dead in the shooting. A for her surviving family.
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Medig had taken time off from her job at Moxie香蕉视频直播檚 restaurant in west Edmonton to attend the Route 91 Music Festival in Las Vegas, said her boss, Scott Collingwood.
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When news broke about the shooting Sunday, Collingwood said he immediately called Medig, but it went right to voice mail. She didn香蕉视频直播檛 answer texts or Facebook messages, he said.
On Monday, he called her roommate, who went to Vegas with Medig, and got the terrible news.
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Medig grew up in the Rocky Mountain town of Jasper. Jasper Legion Branch 31 said in a Facebook post that it lowered its flag in Medig香蕉视频直播檚 memory. In its post, the legion called her a young, beautiful lady who was taken too soon.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley extended her condolences to Medig香蕉视频直播檚 friends and family, as well as to the family of Klymchuk, who was from the small Alberta community of Valleyview.
from Maple Ridge, B.C., was also killed.
A relative said McIldoon would have turned 24 on Friday and was a month shy of completing a course to qualify as a heavy-duty mechanic.
The Canadian Press