On December 12, local time in the United States, a shooting occurred at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, killing three people and seriously injuring one. The suspect was shot dead by the police.After the shooting, the White House said it was "closely monitoring" the shooting on the campus.
According to US media reports, the three deceased were all faculty members, one of whom was a Chinese from Taiwan, the 3-year-old associate professor of business school Zhang Jiacheng.
Professor Zhang, who had been working at the school for more than 20 years, was shot in the head and died on the spot.
Zhang Jiacheng graduated from Taiwan Ocean University and served as a part-time lecturer at Fu Jen Catholic University in 1992. He obtained a postdoctoral degree in information management from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States in 2001 and has been teaching at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Police said that before the shooting, the suspect Anthony Polito mailed a total of 22 letters to university faculty across the United States. The contents of the letters are currently unclear.
It is reported that the suspect in the shooting is a business professor. He served as a professor in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at East Carolina University in North Carolina from 2001 to 2017, and resigned as a tenured associate professor in January 2017.
Currently, investigators are still investigating the suspect's motive.Police said Polito applied for jobs at multiple colleges and universities in Nevada, but was rejected.
According to reports, the suspect used a 9 mm caliber pistol when committing the crime, which was purchased legally in 2022.
The shooting resulted in 3 deaths and 1 serious injury.
Pictured above is a photo of the shooter.
Anthony Polito, 67, is an associate professor.He was rejected from applying for a job at UNLV some time ago. It is unclear whether this was the reason why he launched the shooting.
The shooting occurred shortly before noon on the fourth floor of the UNLV Business School building. The four people shot (three killed and one seriously injured) were all UNLV faculty and staff, and none were students.
Police speculated that Anthony did not "shoot randomly" but committed the crime against these victims in a premeditated manner because his application was rejected.
After the shooting, the suspect came downstairs and exchanged gunfire with the arriving police. He was quickly shot dead on the spot by the police.
According to information released by the police, Polito once served as an associate professor and other teaching positions at two prestigious schools, the University of Georgia and East Carolina University. The 67-year-old is currently semi-retired.Polito has a website where he describes himself as a semi-retired college professor and posts articles on a variety of topics, including his claim to have decoded cryptic messages sent by the Zodiac Killer.
On his personal website, the general content is sunny and upward, including his yearning for life and the cities where he once worked and lived, such as Georgia, Iowa, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia. State and Wyoming favorite.
Poito attended Radford University as an undergraduate, earning a bachelor's degree in science, mathematics, and statistics, an MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, and a master's degree in philosophy from the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia. With a doctorate degree, he is a perfect academic master.
Polito has been engaged in teaching since graduation. On his LinkedIn page, he said that he was very happy to see the praise of his students. Some students praised him as "the best teacher", and another student wrote: "Poly Tow's notes are very organized. He is approachable and seems very open to students' concerns and ideas. His "real world" experiences provide anecdotes that clarify the course material. He is definitely a great asset to the administration."
At the same time, the school also issued another warning and expressed deep condolences for the deceased faculty and staff.
The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, University of Nevada-Las Vegas (HCH), where the tragedy occurred, was founded in 1967. It is an internationally renowned hotel management school affiliated with at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, UNLV.
The college has the unique advantages of Las Vegas, the "tourism capital", and is the best hotel management school in the United States.After the incident, many people expressed condolences to the business school.The principal of the school said that the school shooting was "the most difficult day in the history of the school."
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