Here’s how to donate blood in Arizona for victims of Las Vegas shooting
Oct 2, 2017, 4:31 PM
A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/John Locher)
(AP Photo/John Locher)
PHOENIX — Arizona officials are asking residents to step forward and donate blood after more than 50 people were killed and at least 520 more injured in a mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday.
The United Blood Services is accepting blood donations at its clinics in Chandler, Glendale, Goodyear, Mesa, Phoenix and Scottsdale. These clinics are expected to have long wait times, so it is encouraged that you make an appointment online.
The Las Vegas operations of the United Blood Services “provided blood and blood products to area hospitals” for the shooting and “stands ready to support hospitals with ongoing blood product needs,” it said in a statement.
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Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton tweeted a photo of him giving blood on Monday.
Phx can support Las Vegas by donating blood to replenish @ubsaz supplies. Make an appointment at 877-827-4376 or https://t.co/onYo1AZCix? pic.twitter.com/VFUVhAaMR2
— Greg Stanton (@MayorStanton) October 2, 2017
Clark County commissioner Steve Sisolak said blood centers in Las Vegas have wait times that are up to eight hours long.
Arizona residents can also donate to a GoFundMe page that was started by Sisolak for the families of the victims in the Las Vegas shooting. The page, as of Monday, has raised more than $1.2 million of its $2 million goal.
