Watch: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Discusses Las Vegas Massacre

WASHINGTON, DC — White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders' voice broke during a briefing Monday afternoon as she recounted several tragic deaths that occurred at a massacre at a music festival in Las Vegas.

"One man, 29-year-old Sonny Melton, had traveled from Tennessee to Las Vegas for the concert with his wife, Heather," she said. "When the bullets began raining down from above, Sonny shielded her from danger, selflessly giving up his life to save hers. They'd been married for just over a year."

She continued: "Others risked their lives to save people they had never met." (For more information on this and other political stories, subscribe to the White House Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

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She recounted the story of how Lindsay Padgett, who went to the concert with her fiancé, first fled for cover and then returned to the scene of the attack with a pickup truck to help transport victims to the hospital.

Sanders struggled to speak the following words as her voice filled with emotion: "The memory of those who displayed the ultimate expression of love, in the midst of an unimaginable act of hate, will never fade."

Asked whether the shooting might have changed President Trump's views on gun control, she said it was "premature to discuss policy when we don’t know all the facts.” She also noted that the investigation is ongoing.

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