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The bullets rained down on Las Vegas, and tears flowed in La Conner.

In a terrible twist of fate, the tragic mass shooting of outdoor concert-goers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival inflicted painful wounds here as well.

Among the 58 innocents killed as a result of Stephen Paddock’s horrific rampage was 31-year-old Carrie Parsons, recently engaged in Hawaii to Randall Alvord, whose dad, Doug, co-owns the La Conner Brewing Company, on First Street with his wife, Pam.

Parsons, from Bainbridge Island, worked in Seattle at a staffing agency. She was much loved in La Conner, the Alvord family�...