He heard Monday morning that his friend had been killed. When he remembered that Roybal had gone to Las Vegas for his birthday, he immediately called him but no one answered, AP adds. Roybal's co-worker, Robert Alexander, said he fell asleep with the television on Sunday night and awoke to the sound of gunshots coming from the speaker.
He ends the post: "What's it like to be shot at? It's a nightmare no amount of drugs, no amount of therapy and no amount of drunk talks with your war veteran buddies will ever be able to escape. Roybal mentioned the dog in a July 18 Facebook post that also included a lengthy description of his experience getting shot at in combat, according to AP. Roybal adopted his friend's bomb-sniffing dog, Bella, but was devastated when she died of old age. Harman said Roybal served in Afghanistan and was coping with the loss of a friend who was killed by an improvised explosive device, AP writes. "He is that guy who would find solutions, not report on problems." "He was the guy who if your car broke down in the middle of the night, you could call him and he would come help you," Harman said. after all the stuff he had been through," said David Harman, who founded a company that owns the Colorado gym where Roybal worked, according to AP.ĪP writes that Roybal worked at Crunch Fitness in Corona and Riverside, California, before he moved at the beginning of the year to help open franchises in Colorado Springs. "He is a guy that could always put a smile on your face.
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The family is currently trying to figure out how to transport his body to Corona, California, she said.ĭixie Roybal said her 28-year-old husband was an explosive dog handler in the Navy and he adopted their dog out of the Navy but she died a few months ago. His wife, Dixie Roybal, said he died from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was from San Francisco and he served in the Navy for five years as a master-at-arms. Navy confirms that a veteran Christopher Roybal was killed in the attack. Parks was a kindergarten teacher in Palmdale, California. Parks just graduated with her Masters degree this past summer. She was married to her childhood sweetheart and they have two children together. Jenny Parks' death was confirmed by a close family friend April Graves. Jenny Parks Undated photo of Jenny Parks provided by family friend April Graves "We're very thankful for him to be there with Michelle so that she wasn't alone in her last moments." 3. "We're very thankful that we met Kody," Warren said. Robertson later helped relatives find her. "You'd need a poet to tell you everything," said Cathy's husband, Paul Warren.Īccording to the AP, Vo was attending the Las Vegas concert by herself and befriended Kody Robertson. Warren remembered her sister as someone who always wanted to do good for those around her. The Associated Press (AP) writes that Vo, 32, was the youngest of four siblings and loved to cheer for the Golden State Warriors and was a pretty good golfer, her sister Cathy Vo Warren said. "Our hearts go out to Michelle's friends and family, and to anyone else affected by this heartbreaking tragedy." "It is with great sadness that the staff and leadership of the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce mourn the passing of Chamber member, Michelle Vo," the company said in a statement. She was living in Los Angeles prior to the shooting. The San Francisco Bay area native graduated from San Jose's Independence High School and attended the University of California, Davis. Michelle Vo, 32, was identified by her employer, the New York Life insurance group, CBS affiliate KLAS-TV reports. I'll get up and hopefully try to honor him and do what I can to help his children," Decker said. He'll try to do the same for the family Berger leaves behind. I basically watched him die over the next half-hour," Decker said.ĭecker said Berger was a larger-than-life person who breathed life into any room he walked into and was the best at creating memories.
I couldn't do anything, I couldn't do anything. I could see he was injured, I could see he was bleeding. "I couldn't touch him but I could see him. Olaf, who was more like a brother to him, go down. "You saw people start to fall and go down and scream and there's so many people in such a close area you couldn't really move anywhere, you could only get down," Decker said.ĭecker saw his friend since freshman year at St.
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