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Man who made white crosses for shooting victims retiring

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Greg Zanis, who has made thousands of crosses since 1996 for people killed, has announced that he's is retiring.

Zanis made white crosses for the victims of the 1 October mass shooting that were originally installed at the famous Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign.

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Zanis says that the breaking point was when a gunman killed 5 people in his Illinois hometown in February.