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UPDATE: Three Utahns Among Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting

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Neysa Tonks, 45, was among those killed on Oct. 1 on the Las Vegas strip. Originally born and raised in Utah, Tonks had been living in Vegas.

A third Utahn has died after the Las Vegas mass shooting. Heather Warino Alvarado of Cedar City was a 35 year old mother of 3 who drove down to the Strip to get away for the weekend. She and her daughter were at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when Alvarado was shot. Her daughter was unharmed.

The Cedar City Fire Department, where Alvarado's husband is a firefighter, confirmed that family and friends learned from Las Vegas police that she had died Monday night.  Warino Alvarado operated a day care center in Cedar City.

Two other known victims from Utah were confirmed dead--29 year old Cameron Robinson of St. George, who worked for the city of Las Vegas, and 45 year old Neysa Tonks, a Brighton high School graduate who lived in Vegas for the last 10 years.
 

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