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Jack Reginald Beaton Jr.

Case from Las Vegas, NV dated Oct 01, 2017

Victim Details

Jack Reginald Beaton Jr.

Male

White / Caucasian

Las Vegas

NV

2017-10-01

54

Jack

Reginald Beaton Jr.

07/13/2026

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Jack Reginald Beaton Jr., a 54-year-old Caucasian male, was celebrating his 23rd wedding anniversary with his wife, Laurie, at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the evening of October 1, 2017. The couple, from Bakersfield, California, had traveled to the festival with friends and were enjoying the music when the sound of automatic gunfire suddenly pierced the night. In the ensuing chaos, Jack's immediate instinct was to protect his wife.

As a hail of bullets rai ...
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  • Heavy.com: Jack Beaton: A Tribute to the Las Vegas Shooting Victim
  • AP News: Wife at funeral: 'I knew every day that he would protect me'
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