(TNS) — The gunman who killed three people at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Wednesday was identified as an academic who was seeking work at the university, the Las Vegas Metropolitan sheriff said Thursday. A window was broken on one of the top units, which an officer indicated had belonged to Polito.Neighbors said the man, always in business clothes and often carrying a briefcase, had stood out from the younger residents in the apartment complex, located about eight miles from the UNLV campus. I was like, ‘This doesn’t look good.’ ”Investigators recovered a dashboard camera from Polito’s vehicle, McMahill said. “It’s such a horrible, horrible reality.”As shots rang out Wednesday, students ran for safety or sheltered in place, locking doors and building barricades . “They’re super-traumatized.”(Ellis and Truong reported from Las Vegas.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 11, 2023 18:00 UTC