The Department of Justice on Friday announced it would provide more than $16 million to help victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting last year.
The aid from the department’s Office of Victims of Crimes is the largest in the string of donations that has gone to local and state law enforcement in Nevada after the incident that left 58 people dead and 500 injured in October 2017.
That night, a single gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel shot into a crowd of hundreds of people gathered for a country music concert.
“This Department of Justice stands with our first responders and victims of crime,” acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said in a statement. “We have already provided $3 million to cover expenses for local and state law enforcement in Las Vegas and Clark County. Today, we take the next step … to help pay for counseling, therapy, rehabilitation, trauma recovery and legal aid. While we cannot undo the harm that has been done, this Department is doing what it can to help Las Vegas heal.”
In June, the department donated more than $2 million to local first responders in Las Vegas.
In October, the Justice Department gave another $1 million to boost school security in the state of Nevada.
