LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 67-year-old college professor who was denied jobs at various Nevada colleges and universities stuffed loaded handgun magazines into his waistband before walking into a University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus building and killing three faculty members, police said.
After police killed him in a shootout, Anthony Polito was found to be carrying nine magazines for a 9mm handgun he’d legally purchased last year and also a list of targets at the school — although none of those shot were on that list, police said Thursday.
He was killed in a shootout with police about 10 minutes after the first reports of shots fired in Beam Hall, a business school building.
Police still had no motive for Wednesday’s attack, which also left a 38-year-old visiting professor in life-threatening condition at a hospital.
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The university was to remain closed Friday but was tentatively scheduled to reopen next week for finals.
Polito arrived at UNLV at 11:28 a.m.,…
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