The attack took place near the hall where students were playing games and building various things from "Lego".
In the USA, on December 6, a professor carried out a shooting on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The attack killed three people and injured another person.
CNN reports this.
On the morning of December 6, the University of Nevada posted an emergency message online: “University police responding to reports of shots fired at BEH, evacuate to a safe area, run, hide!”
< p>The shooting was carried out by a man on the student campus near Beam Hall, where the Lee University Business School is located.
Shooting at the University of Nevada – eyewitness accounts
“I was sitting outside, just having breakfast. I heard three loud crashes and I thought, “Oh, what was that?” The police showed up, then < /strong>I ran in. Two minutes later, there were shots again. I ran into the basements. I just heard a lot of shots,” said one of the students of the educational institution.
Professor Brett Johnsen said he was in Beam Hall when he heard a noise during class. He didn't think it sounded like a gunshot, so the professor continued teaching.
“Then the alarm went off. I had never heard a signal like that before, it didn't sound like a fire alarm. When we started leaving the classroom, everything became real,” Johnsen said.
As he opened the door to let the students out, the professor's expression changed to one of panic and he called for the students to go back, lock the door and lie down on the ground. The teacher checked the situation outside again after 30 seconds, and then told the students to “run as quickly as possible.”
University President Keith Whitfield said the campus community is in shock after the “unfathomable event.”
What is known about the victims of the attack and the shooter
As a result of the shooting three people were killed and another person was injured. Four more people were taken to hospitals due to symptoms of panic attacks.
Local Sheriff Kevin McMehill said deputies have killed the shooter and his identity will not be released until his family is informed. A CNN law enforcement source said the shooter was identified as a 67-year-old college professor with ties to colleges in Georgia and North Carolina. It is not known what connection he had with the school where the shooting occurred.
The sheriff said the shooting happened outside the hall where students were playing games and building things out of ” Lego”.
“What happened today is a terrible, complex crime… If not for the heroic actions of one of those police officers who responded, countless more lives could have been taken,” McMehill said.
Police are working to uncover evidence and determine the attacker's motive. There are no details yet regarding the suspect's weapon.
The White House said it was following the shooting story “very closely.”
As a reminder, this past weekend marked the 37th and 38th shootings of 2023 in the United States in which four or more people were killed. These massacres took place in Texas and Washington.
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