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Updated 5:30 p.m.

Officials in Las Vegas have confirmed 59 deaths and more than 500 injuries in the mass shooting at an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas late Sunday.

The mass shooting was the deadliest in modern U.S. history. Just 16 months ago, the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which claimed 49 lives, was considered America鈥檚 deadliest.

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As officials began identifying victims Monday, news reports identified several school staffers who were caught in the mayhem. Here鈥檚 a list of those known at this point to have been killed in Sunday鈥檚 violence, along with responses to the tragic news from colleagues and students.

Sandy Casey, middle school special education teacher from Redondo Beach, California

At least a half-dozen educators from the Manhattan Beach School District in Southern California attended the Las Vegas concert, reports. Among them, Casey was the only one who was physically harmed. Superintendent Mike Matthews said she had worked in the district for nine years.

鈥淪he was a person who brings light wherever she is,鈥� he told the Times. 鈥淪he has a classroom full of light and hope and caring.鈥�

Lisa Romero-Muniz, high school disciplinary secretary from Gallup, New Mexico

Romero-Muniz was a secretary at Miyamura High School. 鈥淲e were known as the two loudmouths of the office,鈥� Rosie Fernandez, a friend and supervisor at the high school, said of Romero-Muniz. 鈥淪he knew 90 percent of the kids at this school. She would talk to them like she was talking to her own children. I鈥檇 hear her saying, 鈥業 know you can do better than this.鈥� 鈥�

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Susan Smith, elementary school office manager in Simi Valley, California

Smith was an office manager at Vista Fundamental Elementary School. Jake Finch, a spokeswoman for the Simi Valley School District, told that Smith was 鈥渁 big country music fan.鈥�

鈥淪he was great with the children and with the staff,鈥� Finch said. 鈥淚n a school this size, the office manager is really at the center, the hub. You have to be able to get along with everybody.鈥�

Jessica Klymchuk, Catholic school educational assistant, librarian, and bus driver in Alberta, Canada

Klymchuk was a fixture at St. Stephen鈥檚 school who had recently gotten engaged. 鈥淭he scope of this tragedy is worldwide, and we are feeling its impact here at home,鈥� Betty Turpin, the Holy Family Catholic Regional Division superintendent, said, .

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Jenny Parks, kindergarten teacher from Lancaster, California

Parks taught at Anaverde Hills School, . A parent told the newspaper she was loved by students, parents, and the volleyball team she helped coach.

Bill Wolfe Jr., elementary school wrestling coach from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Wolfe, a father of two, had coached the team for about three years and was also a local Little League baseball coach, the reported. He and his wife were in Las Vegas celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary.

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