Shooter at University of Nevada-Las Vegas found dead with multiple victims confirmed

Las Vegas police said the suspect in a shooting at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas on Wednesday was found dead and that there are multiple victims.

Las Vegas Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill confirmed that there are multiple victims and they have been transported to area hospitals. McMahill said there are at least three known victims, but their injuries were unknown at the time of publishing.

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“That number could change,” McMahill said. “We will update you when we know more.”

McMahill said there is no further threat to the campus and there is no motive for the shooter identified at this time.

Officers are evacuating buildings one at a time, according to a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, from UNLV.

Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas initiated a ground stop on Wednesday due to the proximity of the airport runways to the shooting site and because of the police response to the shooting, which included helicopters, an official briefed on the incident told ABC News.

City police said earlier that they were responding to “preliminary reports” of an active shooter on the university campus near Beam Hall. A campus alert said university police were responding to a “confirmed active shooter” in Beam Hall at 11:54 a.m. PT. At 12:26 p.m., university officials said police were responding to additional reports that shots were fired in the student union, which is near Beam Hall.

People were asked to avoid the area, as there was police activity from Maryland Parkway at University Ave to Tropicana Ave. Videos captured by KSNV 3 News Las Vegas showed police officers on top of buildings.

Las Vegas police said in a post to X that officers had the suspect contained and there continued to be an active investigation at 12:31 p.m. local time. A follow-up post at 12:37 p.m. said that the suspect “has been located and is deceased.”

A KSNV News 3 Las Vegas reporter said on X that he was locked down at the university campus.

Beam Hall houses the university’s Lee Business School and includes food service kitchens and laboratories, computer labs, and classrooms, according to the website.

The student union is located one building over from Beam Hall.

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“Tragic and heartbreaking news coming out of [UNLV],” Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman said in a post to X. “Praying for everyone on campus as law enforcement responds to the situation.”

The university said all Nevada State Higher Education institutions statewide are closed for the remainder of the day.

This is a developing story and will be updated.