Multiple victims in shooting at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

A shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has caused “multiple victims,” the city's Metropolitan Police indicated in its initial estimates of the event, adding shortly after that a suspect had been “located and has died.” .

According to the latest information provided by Sheriff Kevin McMahill, “several victims have been transferred to area hospitals.”. In addition, the Police Chief assured that the reasons for the attack are unknown.

The Police have not yet specified the number of people affected, or whether they are dead or injured, and have only stated that “there appear to be multiple victims.”

A few minutes earlier, the Las Vegas Police urged citizens on social media to avoid the area, while the university itself warned its students that the alert received was not a drill and that they should stay safe.

The White House has indicated that it is following what happened very closely. The shootings are “an epidemic that the president (American, Joe Biden) has taken very seriously. That is why we have taken measures. “We are monitoring the situation very closely,” presidential spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said in her daily press conference.

The University of Nevada, abbreviated as UNLV, is a public institution founded in 1957 that has around 31,000 students.