UNLV shooter had target lists, mailed envelopes to educators before rampage

The shooter who killed three UNLV faculty members Wednesday mailed at least 22 envelopes without a return address to education professionals across the country before entering the campus with a Taurus handgun and 11 magazines of ammunition, Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill revealed at a news conference Thursday afternoon. Campus police were joined by LVMPD officers and entered Beam Hall, according to McMahill, “without hesitation,” and searched for the suspect. I believe we avoided a much larger tragedy by the actions of that police officer.” UNLV President Keith Whitfield echoed McMahill and praised the campus police for running “into danger and they made our university safe and clearly stopped a larger tragedy from happening.” Whitfield said the school is discussing augmented security that will still allow it to freely serve the public. The victim who survived walked out of Beam Hall and was met by Metro officers, McMahill said, and “thrown into a police car and driven to an arriving Community Ambulance” which took him to Sunrise Hospital and “probably saved his life.” An arrow on a chair discovered by police in Polito’s apartment pointed down to a “last will and testament,” according to McMahill, who said the shooter was experiencing financial difficulties, evidenced by an eviction notice police found taped to his door.