– It is still a very active and dynamic crime scene, said Sheriff Kevin McMahill on Wednesday evening. But the threat must be over, he underlines. The police in the American city of Las Vegas rushed to the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas (UNVL) after receiving reports of an ongoing shooting incident. The suspected perpetrator has been found dead, the police in Las Vegas wrote in an update on X/Twitter. The message came about half an hour after the first one. Even if a suspect has been found, the police urge people to stay away from the area. – This is still an active investigation. There are likely to be “several victims”, according to the police. Image from the university campus shows people being evacuated by the police. Photo: AP The university wrote about the incident on its own website, and urged people to run and hide. – This is not a test, the university wrote on X. All of UNLV and NSHE’s institutions in the state of Nevada are temporarily closed, the university announces. The first message about the shooting came on the university’s website at 11.54 local time (20.54 Norwegian time). 630 mass shootings so far this year So far this year, there has been more than one mass shooting a day, according to the Gun Violence Archive. An online archive documenting gun-related violence in the United States. The definition of a mass shooting is that at least four victims are shot. So far this year, the online archive has registered 630 mass shootings and 38 mass murders. The definition of mass murder is that at least 4 people are killed.
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