A new police substation is planned for the Las Vegas Strip near the site of the 1 October mass shooting, according to Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

McMahill said the planned substation will be similar to the kiosk erected outside Resorts World Las Vegas — a small but visible presence for officers to assist visitors and locals, rather than a full-scale command center.

“When we build the next [substation], it will be when we build the Vegas Strong Memorial,” McMahill said.

The sheriff said fundraising is ongoing for a memorial at the site of the Oct. 1, 2017, Route 91 Harvest festival shooting — where a gunman fired from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay into a crowd of country music fans. The shooting claimed 60 lives, including two victims who died from their injuries in the years that followed,

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