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A gay couple from Utah were among the victims in the tragic Las Vegas massacre Sunday, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
According to a report from The New York Daily News, Bobby Eardley, 28, was hit with shrapnel as he was fleeing the outdoor country music festival that was the scene of the shooting. He also watched his boyfriend Cameron Robins, 28, die before his eyes.
Eardley’s mother, Joyce Eardley, told the newspaper Robins “loved life.”
“He loved people and to serve people – he was a character, he had us all laughing. We could be in the dumps and then he’d have us all in laughter,” she said. “A great loss of a great man.”
Gunman Stephen Paddlock shot concertgoers from his 32nd floor Mandalay Bay Hotel room Sunday, killing 59 people injuring 527.
Bobby Eardley, who lives with his three children in St. George, Utah, suffered shrapnel wounds to his lower back.
Robins’ sister Meghan Ervin spoke with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, saying her brother, a city worker, was shot in the neck.
Ervin reportedly took to Facebook Monday morning and wrote about her brother’s death.
“I woke up, well I didn’t sleep and if I did then I am still in this nightmare,” she wrote, according to The New York Daily News. “Today to go say goodbye to you! I was never supposed to say goodbye to you, little brother … you were supposed to take over the world.”
A GoFundMe Page to help with Robins’ funeral costs has been launched. Click here to donate.
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