On Wednesday afternoon, a shooting on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus resulted in three fatalities and one person sustaining injuries, as confirmed by the police.
Responding officers promptly neutralized the suspect at UNLV, ensuring there was no ongoing threat to the community.
According to two law enforcement sources cited by CBS News, the gunman was identified as a white male in his sixties, described as a former college professor who had previously taught in Georgia and North Carolina.
Sheriff Kevin McMahill, leading the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, shared at a news conference on Wednesday evening that they are aware of the suspect’s identity but will withhold his name until the families of the victims are informed.
However, CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS-TV sources indicated that the suspect is likely Anthony “Tony” Polito, who recently applied for a job at the university but was unsuccessful.
KLAS sources also suggested a potential connection between Polito and someone working on the campus.
CBS News confirmed that Polito had served as an assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business at East Carolina University.
He resigned from his tenured associate professor position in 2017.
Polito earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration in 2002 from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 1991.
Earlier in the day, Sheriff McMahill stated that the motive behind the shooting remained unknown.
Written & Edited by B.C. Begley
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