Gunman Kills 3 In Las Vegas, Forcing Many To Relive 2017 Nightmare
A fourth person was critically hurt after the shooter opened fire on the UNLV campus Wednesday afternoon. The suspect, who was shot and killed by police, was identified as a 67-year-old professor who had recently been turned down for a job at the university.
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
UNLV Police Kill Gunman After 3 Murdered In Campus Attack
Three victims were shot and killed Wednesday on the UNLV campus in an attack that ended after the gunman’s death, authorities said. ABC News, citing multiple law enforcement sources, reported late Wednesday that 67-year-old Anthony Polito was the suspect. A law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that the shooter was a professor who unsuccessfully sought a job at the school. Earlier Wednesday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal obtained a copy of Polito’s driver’s license with a Henderson address and arrived to find police blocking the entrance to the Promontory Point Apartments, 360 N. Arroyo Grande Blvd. (Garcia and Torres-Cortez, 12/6)
Los Angeles Times:
School, City Reeling After UNLV Shooting Echoes 2017 Tragedy
“This is Route 91 all over again,” said 22-year-old student Olivia Stabile, referencing the 2017 Las Vegas shooting at a music festival in which 59 died. “Why Vegas again, out of all places, and then in one of the most defenseless places?” (Castleman, Hernandez, Ahn, Childs, Winton and Martinez, 12/7)
Also —
ABC News:
Suspect ID'd In Texas Shooting Spree That Left 6 Dead, Including His Parents
A 34-year-old man was identified Wednesday morning as the suspect in a central Texas shooting rampage that unfolded over hours in two large cities and left his parents and four other people dead, and three people injured, including two police officers, authorities said. ... Bexar County Sheriff Javier said Shane James was involved in several previous incidents where deputies were called to the family's house to intervene. He said James, who he described as a former member of the military, struggled with mental health issues for years. (Heck, Shalvey, Margolin and Hutchinson, 12/6)
More on the gun violence epidemic —
The 19th:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren And Rep. Hank Johnson Reintroduce Gun Safety Bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Hank Johnson renewed their push for comprehensive gun violence legislation by reintroducing their Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act late Tuesday. This effort was timed around the 30th anniversary of the Brady Bill last week — and the continued toll that gun violence is taking on American lives. (Gerson, 12/6)
AP:
Senators Tackle Gun Violence Anew While Feinstein's Ban On Assault Weapons Fades Into History
One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. In the decade since, as mass shootings have touched almost every corner of the United States, the New Mexico senator, an avid hunter once endorsed by the NRA, has been considering what it would take to draft legislation that avoids banning guns that Americans use for legitimate purposes while still saving lives. (Mascaro, 12/6)
The Wall Street Journal:
Activist Nuns, With Stake In Smith & Wesson, Sue Gun Maker Over AR-15 Rifles
A group of activist nuns filed an unusual shareholder lawsuit to pressure gun maker Smith & Wesson to drastically change the way it markets, makes and sells its popular version of the AR-15 rifle. The so-called shareholder derivative action, which the nuns filed in Nevada state court Tuesday against publicly traded Smith & Wesson, alleges that company leaders are putting shareholders at risk. They argue the leaders are exposing the company to liability by the way they have made and sold the rifle, which has been used in several mass shootings in recent years. (McWhirter and Elinson, 12/5)
Politico:
‘The Pain And The Trauma Lasts Longer Than A News Cycle’
The NRA had a bad day on Sept. 22. That was the day President Joe Biden unveiled his new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the first-ever White House office dedicated to the issue. Sitting in the Rose Garden for the announcement was Rob Wilcox, the initiative’s new deputy director who couldn’t help but think of a two-decade old quote from an NRA official crowing that the powerful gun group would have an office in the West Wing if George W. Bush was elected president. That never happened. Instead, seated between his kids and fellow deputy Greg Jackson was Wilcox — a longtime gun safety advocate — set to start his job inside the White House. But not long after, Wilcox had some bad days of his own. (Ward, 12/7)
