Keri Galvan
Keri Galvan
Keri Galvan (August 20, 1986 - October 1, 2017) was an American resident of Thousand Oaks, California. She was one of the 58 victims in the Mandalay Bay Resort Shooting.
Life & Activities
Keri Galvan was married to Justin Galvan and had three children, two boys and a girl between the ages of 2 and 10. Galvan was employed as a cocktail server at Mastro's Steakhouse in Thousand Oaks. Her customers remember her as being a cocktail server with a fantastic memory, knowing all the orders of regulars.
Her classmates from Simi Valley High School, remember her for being the one in the room cracking the funniest jokes.
As a mother, Galvan would take one of her children to gymnastics and another to a sporting event, all while working full time.
Death
On October 1, 2017, was with her husband and a group of about 10 friends at the Route 91 Harvest Las Vegas concert when Stephen Paddock opened fired from his hotel room, killing Galvan and 58 others in the worst Mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
When the shooting started, Galvan and her husband, ran with the crowd.
He took a few steps, turned around, and she was on the ground.
Justin attempted to giver her CPR, but she was already gone. She had been shot in the head.