Las Vegas Shooting: 2 Victims From The Same Tiny Tennessee Town

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Benton County, Tenn. river town of Big Sandy, population 557, is the home of two victims of Sunday night's mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Nurse Sonny Melton was one of 59 concertgoers killed when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd watching Jason Aldean perform the final set of the Route 91 Harvest Festival outside Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. Fellow Big Sandy resident Jason McMillan was shot twice and injured, Pastor Daryl Lewis of Big Sandy Baptist Church said.

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McMillan's condition is unknown. First Baptist is working with the Big Sandy Christian Outreach Center, where McMillan volunteers, and the Big Sandy Church of God of Prophecy, where is a member, to raise money for McMillan's father to fly to Las Vegas.

Melton was on vacation with his wife, Heather Gulish Melton, when he was shot and killed. Heather said Sonny shielded her during the gunfire. She was not injured.

Photo: Drapes billow out of broken windows at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, on the Las Vegas Strip following a deadly shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas. A gunman was found dead inside a hotel room. Photo by John Locher/Associated Press