Slain UNLV professors Naoko Takemaru, Patricia Navarro Velez and Cha-Jan “Jerry” Chang were each remembered fondly by their grief-stricken colleagues.
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A gunman killed three people and seriously injured a fourth at UNLV’s campus. The shooting began inside Beam Hall, which houses the Lee Business School.
More than a hundred people sat quietly inside St. Viator Catholic Community church for a community prayer honoring those affected by the shooting at UNLV.
Gerry Sanders, UNLV’s dean of the Lee Business School, says he “left the building just before the shooter arrived.”
Gaming and tourism industry analyst says the UNLV tragedy shouldn’t impact visitation to Las Vegas.
The districtwide effort was initiated by two high school students seeking to show unity in response to the fatal shooting on the UNLV campus.
The three people killed in the shooting at UNLV’s Lee Business School, as well as a fourth victim who was seriously injured, were professors at the university.
Several Las Vegas tourists, including those in town for the National Finals Rodeo, said the shooting at UNLV was not causing them much worry.
A veteran professor of operations management and supply is the suspect in the fatal shooting on the UNLV campus.
The NFR will begin Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center, and a tribute to those affected by Wednesday’s tragedy at UNLV will be included in the opening ceremony.
Students were asked to contact University Police Services to gain entrance to buildings that are not affected by the investigation.
Three victims were shot and killed Wednesday on the UNLV campus in an attack that ended after the gunman’s death, authorities said.