At least 3 dead after shooting on UNLV campus, Las Vegas police say

At least three people were shot dead and one person was injured following a shooting at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, in the USA.

According to the reports the shooter was also dead.

Authorities said that they received a call about an active shooter near Beam Hall, the home of the university’s Lee Business School. Police responded to the additional shots fired at the Student Union building Wednesday, which is right next to Beam Hall, according to a university alert. Students and staff told them to evacuate to a safe area.

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.

Authorities said that the name of the shooter was known but could not be revealed until their next of kin has been notified, McMahill said.

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 cancelled, the Dayton men's team announced Wednesday.

President Joe Biden marked a pair of shootings – in Texas and at UNLV – by expressing sympathy for the families of those affected while calling on Republicans in Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

With the shooting at UNLV, there have now been 80 US school shootings so far this year, according to reports. Of those, 51 shootings have been reported on K-12 campuses and 29 on university and college campuses.