It's my understanding that this guy applied for a position at the school and was denied. All of the victims were staff members so it seems to be targeted. I read that no students were involved.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...tes-rcna128402A gunman opened fire on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding a fourth before being shot dead by police.
The suspect has not been named but according to law enforcement sources is a man in his 60s. He began shooting on the fourth floor of Beam Hall, a building on campus, Las Vegas Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said. The suspect continued to ?multiple floors,? McMahill said, before he was ?neutralized? outside the building.
The person wounded in the shootings was initially listed in critical condition at a hospital but police later said they were stable.
University police responded to calls of shots fired around 11:45 a.m. local time (2:45 p.m. ET). Two university police detectives ?immediately engaged the suspect in a shootout? that resulted in the gunman?s death, University Police Chief Adam Garcia said.
Students were gathered just outside Beam Hall ?playing games and eating food? at the time of the shooting, McMahill said. Tables were set up outside for them to ?build Legos.? Several students described hearing gunshots and running for safety.
?If it hadn?t been for the heroic actions of one of those police officers who responded, there could have been countless additional lives taken,? McMahill said, adding that ?armed confrontation of the suspect by law enforcement stopped the suspect?s further actions.?
University President Keith. E. Whitfield in a statement called the shooting ?unfathomable.?
Students late Wednesday were allowed to return to campus housing. Whitfield said all classes and academic and performing arts activities will be canceled through Sunday. An evaluation will be made over whether to resume activities next week, Whitfield said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/unlv-suspe...y?id=105448262Multiple law enforcement sources tell ABC News the deceased suspect in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting is Anthony Polito, 67.
Polito, the sources say, had applied for a college professorship at UNLV, but was not hired. He has ties to North Carolina and Georgia, where he previously worked as a college professor.
Polito was armed with a handgun during Wednesday's attack. Police say he was killed in a shootout with two police detectives who responded to the active shooting scene.
Detectives have been working into the night and plan on continuing their investigation through the overnight hours.
A law enforcement official briefed on the probe said one apartment in Henderson, Nevada -- believed to be the shooter?s home -- is currently being searched. Detectives have also retrieved the suspect?s phone and are now feverishly examining its contents for clues about what motivated the killer to mount his alleged attack Wednesday.
Police are also combing his professional writings to determine whether something in those texts could shed light on the events that occurred on the UNLV campus.
Investigators have now determined that the victims killed were not students, but faculty or staff. That suggests to detectives that the rampage may not have been random, but may have been an attack that targeted certain people because of some sort of previous relationship or interactions.
According to preliminary investigative information, the gunman fired on police, which is what led them to shoot him.
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