Anthony Polito, the suspected perpetrator of a deadly mass shooting at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV), has been identified as a professor who had previously applied unsuccessfully for a position at the university. The 67-year-old, armed with a handgun, initiated the shooting on the fourth floor of Beam Hall, UNLV’s business school, resulting in three fatalities. Police engaged in a shootout with Polito, ultimately leading to his death.
Polito, describing himself as a “Semi-Retired University Professor” in Las Vegas, had educational credentials from Radford University, Duke University, and the University of Georgia. “The greatest gifts and takeaways I possess from my many years within higher education are the many kind & positive comments students made regarding my instruction disposition toward them,” his LinkedIn account reads.
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He served as an associate professor at East Carolina University from August 2001 to January 2017. A fourth victim is in critical but stable condition, and four others suffered panic attacks, with two officers sustaining minor injuries.
Following the incident, the UNLV campus was locked down, and law enforcement evacuated students and staff systematically. Polito’s apartment in Henderson, Nevada, is under investigation. Detectives are examining his phone for possible motivations behind the shooting. Although the victims were not students but rather faculty or staff, investigators are exploring this aspect as a potential motive for the attack.
