Tennessee man killed while protecting wife during Las Vegas shooting

We are beginning to learn the names of the hundreds of people killed or injured in the Las Vegas shooting.

Sonny Melton, of Paris, Tennessee, was attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas with his wife when a man began firing out of the 32nd-floor windows of the Mandalay Bay hotel.

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Melton's family tells Fox affiliate WZTV that he was protecting his wife Heather when he was hit.

"At this point, I'm in complete disbelief and despair," Heather Gulish Melton told the station in a statement Monday.

"I don't know what to say. Sonny was the most kind-hearted, loving man I have ever met," Melton said. "He saved my life and lost his."

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Melton was a registered nurse at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee, his Facebook profile says.

He is among the 58 people killed by Stephen Paddock, 64. More than 515 others were injured.

Police said Paddock killed himself after firing into the crowd of tens of thousands at the concert.

His brother spoke with reporters in Orlando Monday after learning his brother was the shooter.

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