With $16M, Fund For Las Vegas Shooting Victims To Stop Donations

LAS VEGAS, NV -- A fund for victims of the Las Vegas shooting earlier this year has received $16 million in donations. The Las Vegas' Victims Fund said it will stop collecting donations on Jan. 31.

The fund was established after 58 people were killed and more than 500 people were injured during a Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. The victims were shot by Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old Nevada resident, from his hotel room at Mandalay Bay. He later killed himself in the hotel room, according to authorities.

The Oct. 1 incident was named the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Scott Nielseon, chairman of the Las Vegas Victims' Fund told the Review-Journal, organizers will determine how to allocate the funds after the January deadline.

"As proposed, families of the deceased and people who suffered permanent brain damage or permanent paralysis resulting in continuous home medical aid would receive the highest level of payment out of the fund, the draft guidelines say," according to the Review-Journal article.

Victims of the shooting can submit claims with the fund.

For more information or to submit a claim, go to www.lasvegasvictimsfund.org.

Photo: Investigators work the scene a day after after a mass shooting at a music festival near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)