‘I hope someone truly shoots you’: Las Vegas shooting victim is now target of death threats

A Canadian man who survived getting shot in the head during the massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival has been bombarded with death threats from online conspiracy theorists.

Braden Matejka barely escaped the Route 91 Harvest festival with his life after Stephen Paddock fired a barrage of bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino down on the outdoor concert below.

The 64-year-old gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds – Matejka among them.

“You are a lying piece of s*** and I hope someone truly shoots you in the head,” one person wrote to Matejka on Facebook in the days after the worst shooting in modern US history.

Another wrote: “Your soul is disgusting and dark! You will Pay for the consequences.”

Matejka’s family told The Guardian people have also taken to making memes with his photos and pairing them with crude captions. The shooting survivor was forced to close his social media accounts, but his loved ones are still being targeted by those who believe the deadly incident was a hoax.