Time stopped again in the United States. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, became the latest scene of gun violence. There were at least three fatalities and one seriously injured at the time of going to press, as confirmed by the police early Thursday morning (Spanish time).
At that time, the gunman was also “neutralized,” alluding to the fact that he was found dead, without specifying whether from the bullets of the uniformed officers or from suicide. The sheriff noted that “there is no further threat to the community,” after numerous messages circulated online that there was a second gunman.
This idea was encouraged by seeing how the students were evacuated from the pavilions with their hands up. The police search class by class and room by room, especially looking for possible victims.
In times of uncertainty, the police urged citizens to avoid the area, while the university itself warned its students that the alert received was not a drill and that they should run, hide or fight if they encountered the aggressor. .
Adam García, in charge of Security at the university center, confirmed in a brief press appearance that the perpetrator of the shooting was “dead”, although he could not offer details at that time about injuries or deaths in the attack, referring to official information, which It indicated the existence of “multiple victims,” who were taken to nearby hospitals.
The White House also reacted and its spokesperson stressed that President Joe Biden was closely following this new example of the weapons epidemic.
