2023-12-06 21:56:00
Perpetrator is dead, man shoots at university in Las Vegas
December 6, 2023, 10:56 p.m
A gun attack is reported at the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus around lunchtime. The perpetrator is said to be dead. According to police, he shot at least three people.
A gun attack at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas has apparently left several people dead. “At the moment we know of three victims,” writes the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at
The gunshots on campus activated the alarm system shortly before twelve noon (local time). Everyone present there was asked to get to safety and then “lock themselves in.” Students and the public were asked to avoid the area.
A short time later, police announced that the suspected attacker had been located and was dead. It is unknown whether he took his own life or was shot.
Vincent Perez, an English professor, told MSNBC that he was on a balcony when he heard seven or eight loud gunshots. He and others then ran into the house. “It sounded like a high-powered weapon. It echoed, echoed in a way that makes you realize that someone is out to kill people,” Perez said.
Las Vegas was the scene of one of the most serious gun attacks in the United States in 2017. At that time, a 64-year-old killed 60 people at a music festival. He shot her from his hotel room. According to the non-governmental organization Gun Violence Archive, there have already been 600 attacks nationwide this year in which four or more people were injured or killed by firearms.
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