LAS VEGAS (AP) A couple who survived the October shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival has named their newborn after one of the
Vegas Golden Knights hockey players
Custom Colorado Avalanche Jerseys , saying the team brought positivity into their lives after the tragedy.Lauren and Brad Sugars’ girl was born May 18, the same
day the Golden Knights beat the Winnipeg Jets to advance to the NHL Stanley Cup
playoffs, KLAS-TV reported .The Las Vegas couple originally had Austin in mind
as their daughter’s name, but decided to go with Riley – named after Knights
player Reilly Smith.The Sugars didn’t know they were going to become parents
until after the festival.”We know a lot of other friends that went through the
same experience and had a lot of trouble moving on, and I think we got a very
clear reason to move on straight away,” Brad Sugars said.On Oct. 1, 2017, a man
opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival and killed 58 people.”We got
out of that spot, and we started running, and it started shooting again,” Brad
Sugars said.
