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‘Shots fired’ on university campus in Las Vegas; suspect found dead

[Watch coverage from FOX 8 sister station KLAS[1] in the player above.] LAS VEGAS (AP/WJW) — Multiple victims were taken to hospitals Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on the campus of the University of Nevada[2], Las Vegas. The sheriff said there was no further threat after police located a suspect, who ended up dead.

Sheriff Kevin McMahill did not report on the extent of the victims’ injuries, but did confirm in an afternoon Facebook update[3] that “we know there are 3 victims … that number could change.” Howard Stern on death of friend: ‘I loved Ralph’ [4] Police were called about an active shooter on campus at 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday, said Adam Garcia, a university police official. He said officers found and “engaged” a suspect, who is now dead. It was not immediately clear how the suspect died.

The university said on X, formerly Twitter, that the shooter was at the Beam Hall, Frank and Estella Building, home of UNLV’s Lee Business School, and that police were responding to an additional report of shots fired at the nearby student union. Las Vegas police posted on X that a suspect “has been located and is deceased” about 40 minutes after the initial alert was posted. Students and the community were alerted to the emergency by a university post on X.

“This is not a test,” the university wrote. “RUN-HIDE-FIGHT.” Student Matthew Felsenfeld said he and about 12 classmates barricaded their door in a building near the student union. “It’s the moment you call your parents and tell them you love them,” said Felsenfeld, a 21-year-old journalism student.

  • TOPSHOT - Law enforcement escort people outside the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus following a shooting in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023. TOPSHOT - Law enforcement escort people outside the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus following a shooting in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023.

    TOPSHOT – Law enforcement escort people outside the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus following a shooting in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023. “Multiple victims” were reported in a shooting at a US university on December 6, 2023, with police saying a short time later the suspect was dead. Students and members of the public had been told to avoid the area after reports of an active shooter on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

  • Emergency crews and law enforcement respond to a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023. Emergency crews and law enforcement respond to a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023.

    Emergency crews and law enforcement respond to a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus in Las Vegas on December 6, 2023. “Multiple victims” were reported in a shooting at a US university on December 6, 2023, with police saying a short time later the suspect was dead. Students and members of the public had been told to avoid the area after reports of an active shooter on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. (Photo by Ronda Churchill / AFP) (Photo by RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images)

He said he didn’t hear gunfire or see anyone injured but said he saw out the windows as police staged to enter the neighboring building. a short while later, police came and ushered them out.

Pierre Lescure, a UNLV senior, was riding his bicycle from home to campus for a meeting when he said about 10 police cars drove pass him. Twinsburg baseball coach killed in crash [5] “They drove too fast and there was no ambulance, just cops.

It was clearly a shooting,” Lescure said. “It could not be something else.” An Associated Press reporter saw a team of SWAT officers with FBI insignia move as a group onto campus just before 1 p.m., soon after police reported the dead suspect. University officials on social media urged anyone on campus to continue sheltering in place, saying: “This remains an active investigation.”

UNLV has more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at its 332-acre campus is less than 2 miles east of the Las Vegas Strip. The shooting occurred in a city still scarred by one of the worst mass killings in U.S. history, the Oct.

1, 2017, mass shooting[6] at the Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas, in which 60 were killed and hundreds more wounded. The UNLV campus is just over three miles from that location.

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Fox 8 Cleveland WJW. [7]

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References

  1. ^ FOX 8 sister station KLAS (www.8newsnow.com)
  2. ^ Nevada (fox8.com)
  3. ^ afternoon Facebook update (www.facebook.com)
  4. ^ Howard Stern on death of friend: ‘I loved Ralph’ (fox8.com)
  5. ^ Twinsburg baseball coach killed in crash (fox8.com)
  6. ^ Oct.

    1, 2017, mass shooting (apnews.com)

  7. ^ For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Fox 8 Cleveland WJW. (fox8.com)

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