Tewksbury Woman Among Victims In Las Vegas Shooting

TEWKSBURY, MA — A mother from Tewksbury was among the 58 people killed by a gunman in Las Vegas Sunday night in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Rhonda LeRocque, 41, was an active member of the Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Natick. According to a member of the church, she is survived by her husband and a young daughter. "She was the sweetest person," the church member said. "She set a fine example for many people."

A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that LeRocque was among those killed by Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, of Mesquite, Nev. Paddock opened fire from a hotel room on an outdoor concert attended by 22,000. Paddock, who is believed to have killed himself before police stormed his hotel room, also injured more than 500 people.

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A woman who answered the phone at LeRocque's Tewksbury home Monday said the family had no statement at this time. According to her Facebook page, LeRocque was originally from Lowell and worked for IDEO, a Cambridge-based design firm.

Fox 25 Boston reported Monday afternoon that LeRocque was attending the concert with her husband Jason, their six year-old daughter and her father-in-law. The family told the television station that she was shot in the back of the head.

LeRocque and her husband were married in 1996 and had met at Kingdom Hall, where Jason LeRocque is a minister. Both were big country music fans.

Photo by LeRocque family via Facebook.

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