Las Vegas shooting: Disney CEO Bob Iger remembers 'beloved' cast member who died in attack

The names of the 59 people who lost their lives in the Las Vegas shooting are slowly being released, and among them is Carrie Barnette, a cast member at Disney who worked at the Pacific Wharf Cafe in Disney California Adventure in Anaheim.

She was wounded fatally when a gunman opened fire on a country music concert from the Mandalay Bay hotel, while a fellow Disney employee, Jessica Milan, was left in critical condition.

Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Robert Iger said in a statement following the tragedy:

"Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by the tragic events in Las Vegas – the victims of violence, the witnesses, and the friends and families mourning loved ones. We are especially heartbroken over the loss of one of our own to this unconscionable and senseless act. Carrie Barnette had been a member of the Disney California Adventure culinary team for ten years and was beloved by her friends and colleagues. Our thoughts are with her family, along with our support, during this incredibly difficult time. Another valued Disney cast member, Jessica Milam, was also seriously injured and we are praying for her recovery."

It was a hail of bullets that marked the start of what was the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, and again left America confronting the toxic and ever-emotional issue of how to regulate the right to bear arms.

Police have not yet revealed how many bullets Stephen Paddock, a so-called lone wolf, used when he opened fire from a Las Vegas hotel room, equipped with at least 23 weapons and two tripods, set up and with two rifles aimed out of two different windows. But by the time he was finished – the 64-year-old killed himself before police stormed his room – he had taken the lives of at least 59 people and wounded another 527.