Biden wrote while urging Republican lawmakers to help pass an assault weapons ban and universal background checks, among other measures. But we cannot do more without Congress," Mr. 2, 2017 PolitiFact, ' How Russian trolls exploited Parkland mass shooting on social media ,' Feb. "For all the action we have taken since I've been President, the epidemic of gun violence we face demands that we do even more. PolitiFact, 'Hoaxes, fake news about the Las Vegas massacre,' Oct. Biden said in the statement, in which he also addressed shooting deaths in Austin and San Antonio, Texas. "Just hours ago, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas became the latest college campus to be terrorized by a horrific act of gun violence," Mr. President Biden addressed the shooting in a statement Wednesday and called for measures to address "the epidemic of gun violence we face." UNLV will remain closed for the week, and additional determinations will be made about whether it will reopen on Monday, university police chief Adam Garcia said at the evening news conference. Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Police are seen at the scene of a shooting on the UNLV campus on Dec. Steinbeck said at an afternoon news conference.Ī federal law enforcement official told CBS News the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were responding and offering assistance with the investigation to the metropolitan police. Sunrise Hospital Trauma Center confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that it had received three patients from the shooting, according to trauma medical director Chris Fisher.Ī reunification center for families unable to contact their loved ones was opened at the campus's North Hall, Clark County Fire Chief John C. "No student should have to fear pursuing their dreams on a college campus," McMahill said, calling the incident "a heinous, unforgivable crime." People leave campus with raised hands following reports of a shooting at the University of Nevada campus of Las Vegas, Dec. He may have also had a connection to a person who works on campus, KLAS sources said. The sources said Polito recently applied for a job at the university but didn't get it. But CBS Las Vegas affiliate KLAS-TV reports that its sources identified him as Anthony "Tony" Polito. Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at a Wednesday evening news conference that police know the identity of the suspect but would not release his name until the families of the victims are notified. Two law enforcement sources told CBS News the gunman, who they described as a white male in his sixties, was a former college professor who had previously taught in Georgia and North Carolina. The suspect was killed by officers who rushed to the scene at UNLV and there was no ongoing threat to the community, police said later on Wednesday. Three people were killed and one person was wounded in a shooting on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, campus Wednesday afternoon, police said. "Armed confrontation" stopped UNLV attack, sheriff says 16:46
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |