Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 7 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and one injured in an incident at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on the 6th. The gunman was also killed, and the cause of death is unknown.
According to statistics, there have been more than 600 ** incidents in the United States this year that have caused mass deaths and injuries.
*At noon on the 6th, I received a call to learn that someone had fired a shot inside the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. About 40 minutes later, **on social** it was announced that the suspect was dead.
On December 6, the police were on duty at the scene of the ** crime in Las Vegas, USA. Xinhua News Agency, Midland.
* said, excluding the gunman, 3 people died in **, one person was seriously injured and resuscitated in hospital. **Details of the case, including the identities of the victims and the gunman, as well as the cause of the gunman's death, have not yet been released.
According to CNN and some local **, citing law enforcement personnel and other sources, the suspect is 67 years old, a college professor who has worked at colleges and universities in Georgia and North Carolina, and was rejected for a job at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
At the time of the incident, the school said on social media that the gunman was in the business school building. In addition, ** received reports that gunshots were also heard in the building where the student union is located. When it happened, the school alerted teachers and students on social media: "This is not Xi. Flee, hide, or resist. ”
Some teachers and students described the frightening moments to **. "I heard seven or eight gunshots in quick succession, very loud," Professor Vincent Perez told Microsoft-NBC, "and as soon as we heard the gunshots, we ran back indoors." I realized that it was a real ** incident, that there were gunmen in the school. ”
Another professor, Kavani Martin, told The Associated Press that she hid under a desk with a colleague and three students, "trying to keep herself from crying." She used her phone to send messages to friends and family, hoping to get the news that the gunman had been arrested. Later, a teacher enters the classroom and tells everyone to evacuate quickly. She and her students ran out of the building, squeezed into her car and drove away from the school. "We ran out of school, stopped the car and sat quietly. No one spoke. We were all stupefied. ”
CNN, citing student Brett Johansen, reported that he was in the classroom when he suddenly heard a loud noise, followed by an alarm, "which doesn't sound like a fire alarm." The students began to pack up their things and prepare to leave, and their emotions were relatively calm. However, as they began to walk out of the classroom, "the teacher's face became panicked and the students were told to come back, lock the door, and lie on the ground." A few minutes later, the teacher opened the door and told everyone to evacuate. Johansen said he ran downstairs and saw a lot of police officers at the school.
The United States is flooded with guns, and there is a high incidence of gun violence on campus. According to the Gun Violence Archive**, there have been about 630 mass incidents this year that killed or injured at least four people, including the gunman.
On October 1, 2017, a gunman continued to shoot from a Las Vegas hotel room into a crowd of people downstairs attending an open-air festival, creating the worst case in modern American history. 60 people died and hundreds were injured in that incident. (Hui Xiaoshuang).