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Jonathan Smith: Hero During The Las Vegas Shooting

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Jonathan Smith was a hero during the Las Vegas shooting on October 3rd, 2017 in the article of , ”The man who was shot during the Las Vegas shooting.”. This man was at the Las Vegas concert and didn’t realize he was apart of one of the biggest mass shooting attacks. He had driven from his home town, Orange County, to Las Vegas California with some of his family for the country music festival. During the concert he thought he heard fireworks, then he saw guards escorting Jason Aldean off stage, he knew at this time what he heard was gunshots. Smith and his brother Rust focused on the family, as they told them to hold hands and run. He started to shout, “Active shooter, active shooter!”, as people ran from the building. Smith didn’t have
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