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- Three people are dead and one person is in stable condition after a shooting on the UNLV campus, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said Wednesday. The suspect is also dead, police said.
- Authorities know the name of the suspect, but will withhold it until the next of kin is notified. The suspect was identified as a 67-year-old career college professor whose connection to UNLV is unknown at this time, a law enforcement source told CNN.
- President Joe Biden reacted to the shooting in UNLV and in Texas on Tuesday by calling on Republicans in Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
- Today's shooting marks the 80th school shooting in 2023, according to a CNN analysis. The UNLV campus — which will be closed the rest of the week — is just a few miles from the site of the 2017 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, which left at least 58 people dead and hundreds more wounded.
- About the shooting: Authorities received a call of an active shooter at 11:45 a.m. local time near Beam Hall, the home of the university’s Lee Business School. Police responded to additional shots fired at the Student Union building Wednesday, which is right next to Beam Hall, according to a university alert. Students and staff and told them to evacuate to a safe area. By 12:37 p.m. local time, police said the suspect was dead.
- The victims: The Sunrise Hospital trauma center said it was actively treating three victims from the shooting. The hospital activated its mass casualty protocol when it got word of the incident, trauma medical director Dr. Chris Fisher said. One person suffered a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital. This person was initially listed as critical condition, and was later upgraded to stable condition, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill.
- The suspect: Authorities know the name of the suspect, but are not releasing it until their next of kin has been notified, McMahill said. A law enforcement source told CNN the suspect is a 67-year-old career college professor whose connection to UNLV is unknown at this time.
- A community impacted: UNLV will be closed for the rest of the week, university police said. The Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport, located near the university, was experiencing flight impacts because of a “security incident,” according to an alert from the Federal Aviation Administration. Also, tonight’s basketball game between UNLV and Dayton was canceled, the Dayton men's team announced Wednesday.
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