The ** case that occurred at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States a few days ago continues to attract attention.
On December 7, local time, the local ** publicly statedOne of the three confirmed victims was Chinese. A Chinese student said that the first shot in the ** case was "fired at the door of my classroom", and the classmates at the scene of the crime said that "the scene was full of blood".
The case of a Chinese professor who died on a Nevada campus in the United States
On December 6, local time, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the United States had a ** case, which has killed 3 people and injured 2 police officers. In addition, one suspect has been killed on the spot.
A person familiar with the matter revealed to **The suspect is Anthony Polito, a 67-year-old vocational university professor, he had applied for a professorship at the school in question, but was not hired. It is unclear how close he is to the school involved. Investigation is ongoing.
The suspect is Anthony Polito, a 67-year-old vocational university professor.
On the morning of the 7th, a Chinese student at the school involved told reporters that the first shot in the ** case was "fired at the door of my classroom". Due to the professor's illness, the international student did not go to school on the day of the crime, and "fortunately escaped". Her classmates at the scene of the crime said that "there was blood at the scene". She said the school had been sending evacuation text messages to all students' mobile phones and that classes had been temporarily canceled this week.
The scene of the crime.
On December 6, local time, after the ** case at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, students left the building with their hands raised.
According to foreign media reports, on the 7th local time, the local ** publicly stated that one of the three victims confirmed to be killed was a 64-year-old ChineseZhang Jiazhen, the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. According to the university's official website, the deceased's name was "Jerry Cha-Jan Chang" and he was a professor at the Lee School of Business at the school involved.
Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, a Chinese who was killed, was a professor at the school involved.
On the same day, the university issued a statement to mourn the three faculty members who died. "Dr. Zhang has long taught management information systems and has taught generations of students at the Lee School of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas throughout his academic career of more than 20 years. The school said in a statement. In addition, one faculty member of the school is still hospitalized**.
The gunman received a doctorate in philosophy
According to US media, the suspect Polito has been an associate professor at East Carolina University for more than 15 years, studied at the University of Georgia's Terry School of Business, and received a doctorate in philosophy.
Polito's social ** account shows that he earned an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a dual major in mathematics and statistics from Redford University. Polito listed skills he possessed including public speaking, research, student affairs, teaching, and statistics, among others.
8 News Now reported that his job application failed. Sources told the ** that he may also have been in contact with a staff member on campus.
On his LinkedIn page, Polito claimed that he was happy to hear positive feedback from students. He wrote: "The greatest gift and gain I have had over the years of higher education has been the many kind and positive feedback that students have given me and what they have said. ”
Polito's X (Twitter) page.
On Polito's X (Twitter) page, a student praised him as "one of the best teachers" and wrote, "It was an honor to have the opportunity to have Dr. Polito as my Fall 2013 elective Operations Management course teacher." He teaches students to deal with what happens in the real world that we will be able to apply to our careers. Each new course he teaches will cover interesting topics. (He's) one of the best teachers I've ever met. ”
In October 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.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been about 630 mass incidents this year that have killed or injured at least four people, including the gunman.
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