This blog was authored by Alysha Stein-Manes.
On October 1, 2017, several peace officers from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department were in attendance at the 91 Harvest Music Festival when a gunman opened fire on the crowd. Fifty-eight people were killed and over 800 injured. Several of these peace officers brought other festivalgoers to
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