breaking tonight, authorities in las vegas say the person who opened fire on the campus of university of nevada at las vegas unlv this afternoon is dead. police report multiple victims have been taken to area hospitals but they are not saying what their injuries are, at least not yet, nor are they talking about a motive for the shooter. chief correspondent jonathan hunt is following this story from los angeles. good evening, jonathan. good evening, bret. we got the first word from las vegas police that there was an active shooter on the campus of the university of nevada las vegas. almost exactly three hours ago. and unlv officials immediately sent aletters to all students, telling them to run if they could. hide if they had to. fight if they must. the all too familiar advice that so many students caught in the middle of so many shootings have previously heard. vegas police also said early on that there were multiple victims and have since confirmed the number to be 3 that
hello. it is at 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. fox news alert. a suspect is that after responding to a report of an active shooter on the university of nevada las vegas campus. police gave an update saying a number of victims were taken to the hospital. let s go to jonathan hunt for a quick update. about two hours ago, we got word from the las vegas police department that there was an active shooter on the campus of the university of nevada, las vegas, right in the heart of the city, just a short distance off the strip behind the mgm grand hotel. there was an alert sent out by university officials asking students to shelter in place and run, hide, fight. run if they could, hide if they could, fight if they must. within 30 minutes of those statements, we got word from the police that the suspect had been located and in their words, is deceased. we do not know if the suspect was killed in some sort of shoot-out with the police or armed security they may or ma
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