2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting: Difference between revisions

Anthony Polito (c. 1956 – December 6, 2023) was identified as the shooter. He was raised in [[North Carolina]] and had served as a [[Academic tenure|tenured]] [[associate professor]] of business at [[East Carolina University]] in [[Greenville, North Carolina]] from 2001 to 2017. Afterward, Polito moved to Nevada where he served later on as an [[adjunct professor]] of business at [[Roseman University of Health Sciences]] in [[Henderson, Nevada]] from 2018 to 2022. He had applied to be a professor at various schools throughout Nevada, including UNLV, but all his applications were unsuccessful.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last1=Finley |first1=Ken |last2=Yamat |first2=Rio |date=December 7, 2023 |title=UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say |url=https://apnews.com/article/campus-shooting-las-vegas-unlv-0b12656a801e227d6aa2b9ccee56d9f6 |access-date=December 7, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207171457/https://apnews.com/article/campus-shooting-las-vegas-unlv-0b12656a801e227d6aa2b9ccee56d9f6 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his former employers, Polito resigned from East Carolina University as a tenured assistant professor, and lost his job at Roseman when the school discontinued the program in which he taught.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-deceased-unlv-gunman-abc-news-reports|title=What we know about Anthony Polito, the deceased UNLV gunman|date=December 6, 2023|first=Justine|last=Verastigue|publisher=[[KTNV-TV]]|access-date=December 8, 2023|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207231753/https://www.ktnv.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-deceased-unlv-gunman-abc-news-reports|url-status=live}}</ref> In his [[Curriculum vitae|CV]], Polito listed another stint with East Carolina University (1992–1994), as well as five years with the [[University of Georgia]] (1994–1999), two years with [[University of Northern Iowa]] from (1999–2001), and a semester with [[Brenau University]] (1999), all working as a professor of business.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Tony Polito's Microsoft Word on his associate professor career (1992-2017)Curriculum vitae|url=https://www.tonypolito.com/vit_cv.pdf |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Microsoft |language=en |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208205039/https://www.tonypolito.com/vit_cv.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>