A university professor was according to the American media the man who opened fire and killed three people on a Las Vegas campus.

In accordance with Associated Press, citing police sources, the gunman was a university professor who applied for a job at that university and was not accepted.

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The assailant killed at least three people, before his own death was confirmed, the city’s police department announced.

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“Three people have died and another is in a critical condition,” police explained via X (formerly Twitter). The attacker is also dead, the same source added.

The shots were heard yesterday at noon in the area where the facilities of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas are located. Police almost immediately ordered everyone to leave the campus, about two kilometers from the famous “strip”, the artery where several casinos operate.

The new tragedy awakened his memories massacre in 2017 in Las Vegas when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel on a crowd attending a concert. At the time, 58 people were killed and hundreds were injured, while the attacker then committed suicide.

Biden reiterated his call to ban guns and introduce background checks on people who want to own them.