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Round, Stephen, 1970-

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Steve Round (born 1970) is a military veteran who has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since 2013. Round was a guest at the Aria hotel and casino when the mass shooting occurred at the Route 91 Harvest festival on October 1, 2017. On October 2, 2017 Round began to build a memorial at Reno Avenue at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. Once the memorabilia from the memorial was taken to the Clark County Museum Round moved to the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign and began to assist in that site's protection until October 10, 2017. As of 2018 Round works as a military contractor.

Apgar, Blake. "Man keeps watch over Strip shrine to mass shooting victims." Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 11, 2017. https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/man-keeps-watch-over-strip-shrine-to-mass-shooting-victims/.