Las Vegas Shooting

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Title of article:
Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article:
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Web address: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/03/us/las-vegas-shooting-investigation/index.html

Summary Information

Discuss the effectiveness of the headline in summarizing the story and getting the reader’s attention.

Briefly describe the factual content of the story related to the lead: 5 W’s and the H.

Who: Stephen Paddock
What: mass shooting
When: October 1st,2017
Where: Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Resort
Why: know one knows
How: He went in a hotel and broke the window
Were all the 5 “W’s” and “H” answered? Yes
Of all the 5 “W’s” and “H”, star the one you think is the most important. Tell why. I think the most important one was the “what” because all the other information doesn’t matter until you actually know what happened
Magnitude of the event in story
Is it international, national, or local? National
What is its impact? How many people were affected by it? 58 dead and 546 injured
Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article: las vegas shooting
Facts in a news story are supposed to be arranged from most to least important.
Do you believe the author did this effectively? Why? Yes because the author listed what happened first then they listed the information

Reliability of Sources

Did the article come from a wire service? yes
Who are the sources in the article itself? (Examples: lawyer, doctor, neighbor, police officer, forensics expert) The police
List one quote that made the article sound more reliable.”Go that way, get out of here! There’s gunshots coming from over there,”

Personal Reaction

What was the most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article? How they found out who the shooter was.
What question(s) do you have after reading this article? Why did he shoot all them people? Was there someone specific he was looking for?
What would you like to learn more about? The specific injuries people are suffering