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UNLV gunman was a career professor who may have applied for a job at the school but not been hired, source says
CNN ^ | 12/7/23 | John Miller, Elizabeth Wolfe, Taylor Romine and Evan Perez, CNN

Posted on 12/07/2023 8:51:43 AM PST by Round Earther

The shooter who killed three people Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was a 67-year-old career college professor who may have applied for a job at the university but not been hired, a law enforcement source told CNN.

The gunman died at the scene after a confrontation with police outside a university building, Las Vegas Metro Sheriff Kevin McMahill said. He was identified as Anthony Polito, that source and another source in law enforcement said.

Investigators are looking into the possibility Polito may have been passed over for a job at UNLV, the first law enforcement source said. The investigative theory on a possible motive is Polito had sought a position there but was not hired, the source said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: banglist; education; lasvegas; nevada; unlv

1 posted on 12/07/2023 8:51:43 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: Round Earther

So an aging, indoctrinated leftist Prof is the killer? No wonder this story is going down The Memory Hole so quickly. *SPIT*

I’m surprised we’re even hearing this much!


2 posted on 12/07/2023 8:55:21 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Round Earther

Did he suicide or did the cops kill him?


3 posted on 12/07/2023 9:06:46 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBloodlaw enforcement. )
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To: Round Earther

I just read on the Forbes site that he had been an operations management professor at ECU until 2017, when he resigned. They also said he discusssd unusual things on his website, but it didn’t seem like dangerous stuff to me from the examples they gave.

Why did he resign in 2017? What happened after that?

Until we know more, this is a crazy guy, but not necessarily politically motivated.


4 posted on 12/07/2023 9:14:03 AM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: Round Earther
Anthony Polito was identified as the suspect in Wednesday's mass shooting that left three people dead at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Anthony Polito was identified as the suspect in Wednesday’s mass shooting that left three people dead at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Anthony Polito / Linkedin

Was he canceled, and if so, for what?

5 posted on 12/07/2023 9:14:28 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: US_MilitaryRules

So we have another leftist shooter.

Leftist Solution: take guns away from law abiding citizens.


6 posted on 12/07/2023 9:15:33 AM PST by SteelPSUGOP
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Was this rectum, another trans sexual Gay killer groomed for his terrible killing of innocents?


7 posted on 12/07/2023 9:22:56 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Any one, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities!!" ~ (Voltaire)!, )
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To: Grampa Dave

Wonder if there is any relationship to the Mass Ex Lt Gov Karen Polito


8 posted on 12/07/2023 9:33:07 AM PST by uranium penguin
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To: Round Earther

67 and he was disappointed about not getting hired? He was part of the University system, didn’t he have a pension to retire with?


9 posted on 12/07/2023 9:41:06 AM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Round Earther

Re: Photo

Immaculately dressed and groomed.

Current age - 67.

Not my first suspect in a mass shooting.

My first guess - mental illness.

Still no victim names, age, or possible relationship to the shooter.


10 posted on 12/07/2023 10:03:15 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen

Academia is full of narcissists and nut jobs.

This one happened to have a gun.

My daughter and her husband are in that world. The pettiness and groupthink is just crazy.


11 posted on 12/07/2023 10:26:44 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: zeestephen

“Current age - 67.”

“Not my first suspect in a mass shooting.”

Aside from being the same gender, race and age as the 2017 Vegas mass shooter, he is not what you would expect in a Vegas mass shooting.


12 posted on 12/07/2023 10:31:17 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: Round Earther

Obviously a crazed libtard “professor” upset he wasn’t on the gravy train


13 posted on 12/07/2023 11:07:33 AM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: uranium penguin

Not a common last name in most of America.


14 posted on 12/07/2023 2:30:55 PM PST by Grampa Dave ( Any one, who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit atrocities!!" ~ (Voltaire)!, )
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To: Round Earther

He’s definitely not going to get hired now.

(Seeing as how he’s dead)


15 posted on 12/08/2023 8:01:39 AM PST by Redcitizen
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