Two more Las Vegas shooting victims from the Santa Clarita Valley sat down with KHTS AM-1220 on Monday to share their experiences and talk about what happened.

Two more Las Vegas shooting victims from the Santa Clarita Valley sat down with KHTS AM-1220 on Monday to share their experiences and talk about what happened.

Still quite jarred by the experience at the beginning of the month, Patrick Hobbs and his girlfriend Gloria Aguirre, both of Castaic, could recall exactly where they were standing in the crowd.

“We were in Section A, where most of the people were hit,” Hobbs said. “The first (bullet) landed 10 feet from us.”

Like other witnesses have said, Hobbs thought the initial firing sounds came from fireworks.

“(The shots) got a couple feet away and I realized they weren’t fireworks.” Hobbs said. “I grabbed (Gloria) and we started running.”

“I was on a mission, you know: ‘We’re getting home,’” Hobbs continued. “Through several rounding movements (the reloading of the shooters weapons), once he would stop shooting, we’d go to the next safe place, and then to the next safe place, until we got all the way out of there.”

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Aguirre said Hobbs led a group of about 20 people to a safer zone at the MGM hotel, where they were still running from gunfire. She suffered multiple injuries to the shoulder, knees and legs.  

They headed up a staircase toward the MGM parking lot when gunfire began to go off again.

“And as we were running up the stairs, was my first critical fall,” Aguirre said, “where (people fleeing) pushed me, and that’s where my knees and legs were trampled.”  

Aguirre’s injuries will require at least two surgeries and multiple rehabilitation and physical therapy sessions, her GoFundMe campaign stated. The injuries make her appreciate the small things, she said.

“I can’t even hug (my boyfriend) like I did before. He has to wash my hair. He has to help me change because, as well as my hip, my legs, my arm — I can’t. I am (usually) so independent,” Aguirre said.  “I just want me back.”

Aguirre has a GoFundMe campaign to support the cost of her injuries. Her GoFundMe account can be found here.

Hobbs and Aguirre managed to avoid being struck by the shooter’s bullets; however, the couple admits they’re still suffering from psychological damage.

The sound of a train triggered Aguirre during Monday’s KHTS interview. Hobbs helped to calm his girlfriend. They stopped answering questions and Hobbs looked at Aguirre and said,  “Say it.”

Aguirre responded, “We’re safe.”

Hobbs said the couple is seeing a counselor at Real Life Church in Santa Clarita to deal with the trauma.

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Santa Clarita attorney Rick Patterson, founding partner of the law firm Owen, Patterson & Owen in Valencia, said the mass shooting caused psychological damage to more than just those who were struck by gunfire in the crowd.

“We are seeking to help all the people who were not wounded, who were not hit by a bullet but who were there and experienced the fear, actually, legally stated, it’s an assault,” said Patterson. “That gives them rise to a claim legally to go after those who are negligent in this process.”

Patterson is the personal injury lawyer who helped Santa Clarita victim Travis Phippen to file one of the first lawsuits from a victim of the Las Vegas shooting.

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“What is ahead of them in their lives?” Patterson said. “So it’s important that people call someone. there are many good lawyers that can do this.”

A vigil was held Wednesday, Oct. 11 for those affected by the Las Vegas shooting from Santa Clarita, which brought thousands of people together at Marketplace Park in Valencia.

The vigil gave attendees a chance to show their support with messages to the Santa Clarita victims who have come forward.

Rick Patterson is a founding partner at the Santa Clarita Law Firm of Owen Patterson Owen. He may be reached at (661) 799-3899 or at www.opolaw.com

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