3 killed as shooting shuts down University of Nevada at Las Vegas campus
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The University of Nevada at Las Vegas became the latest scene of a multiple shooting on Wednesday when a gunman began firing on campus, killing three people and critically injuring a fourth who by evening was in stable condition.
Law enforcement officials said the shooting began on the fourth floor of Beam Hall, site of UNLV’s Lee Business School, and that two university police officers engaged and “neutralized” the gunman soon after the first alert sounded. Las Vegas police announced the gunman’s death a few hours later.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman wrote on social media that the shooting was “tragic and heartbreaking.”
At the news conference, Goodman appeared to call for some type of government action to prevent future shootings from happening — though she did not name gun control specifically.
“It’s enough,” she said. “We must fix this now.”
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