Vegas shooting survivors name baby after Golden Knights' Reilly Smith

A couple who survived the mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas named their newborn baby girl after Golden Knights right winger Reilly Smith.

Lauren and Brad Sugars welcomed their daughter on May 18, according to The Associated Press. They initially had the name Austin in mind, but settled on Riley instead.

"We know a lot of other friends that went through the same experience and had a lot of trouble moving on, and I think we got a very clear reason to move on straight away," Brad said.

Fifty-eight people were killed and hundreds more were injured when a man opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on Oct. 1. The Sugars found out two weeks later that they were expecting a child.

"Route 91 was a very big negative, but our city turned it into a really big positive, and I think the Golden Knights has been a really big part of that," Brad said. "It's helped immensely to have something positive to focus on."

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