News paper:

Bibliographic Information
Author(s) of article:By Holly Yan, Madison Park and Darran Simon
Title of article:Las Vegas shooting: Bodycam footage shows first response
Name of magazine, newspaper, website, etc. containing the article:CNN
Date article was published:2:36 AM ET, Sat October 7, 2017
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: Stephen Paddock had shot into a crowd of people who were watching a concert. Killed several people.
When:Sunday, October 1, 2017,
Where: Las Vegas
Why: He’s psycho crazy, no one knew why he did it.
How: Took a gun and shot from a hotel room. (32)
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 “why’ is the most important, it gives you a lot of details about what happened and the reasoning for it.
Magnitude of the event in story: The fact that know one heard the shots, just tons of people were hit and shot down.
Is it international, national, or local?: International
What is its impact? How many people were affected by it? 58 killed, 489 injured.
Briefly state the main idea or thesis presented in this article: The main idea is the shooter and the question everyone wants to know. “why did he do it”
Facts in a news story are supposed to be arranged from most to least important.
Do you believe he author did this effectively? Why? I believe that the author did so because they started out with how and when and where. I read how many people were injured and killed. The name of the man and his somewhat girlfriend. The last statement was about what the nation will do to fix it in the long run.
Reliability of Sources: The several tourist attacks and men and women who has gone viral for doing terrible things.
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) Office
List one quote that made the article sound more reliable. . It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

Personal Reaction
What was the most surprising/interesting thing you found out by reading this article? The fact that the guy had no reason to hurt and put so many people in danger.
What question(s) do you have after reading this article? Why did he do it? How did people not know about it.
What would you like to learn more about? How to prevent shootings at places where kids and their family have fun at. And the reasoning for this act.

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