UNLV shooting – live: Three victims injured and suspect dead in Las Vegas attack

Sunrise Hospital Trauma Center, located less than four miles from the UNLV campus, confirmed it had received one patient from the shooting on Wednesday.

“This afternoon, Sunrise Hospital Trauma Center has received a patient from the UNLV campus active shooter incident,” Marissa Mussi, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center spokesperson, told CNN.

“Our hearts go out to the UNLV community, their families and everyone impacted by this tragedy.”

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed there were three victims from Wednesday’s shooting but that the extent of their injuries was “unknown”.

Sheriff Kevin McMahill said in an updated statement: “No more threat to the community. The suspect is deceased. Right now, we know there are 3 victims, but unknown extent of the injuries.”

He added: “That number could change. We will update you when we know more.”

Police are currently still combing the large UNLV campus looking for people sheltering.

A reunification centre has been set up at the Las Vegas convention centre to help victims of Wednesday’s shooting, according to fire chief John C Steinbeck.

“On behalf of the entire first responder community… our hearts go out to any of the families that are affected by this,” he told a press conference.

“Our update right now is that we do have a reunification center that has opened up at the convention center, that’s at the north hall.

“It will take time to transport students over to that area, but if you can’t get a hold of your loved ones right now, your kids or somebody that you’re concerned with, then that would be the place to go and to try to go ahead and do that reunification.”

Adam Garcia, from the University Police Services – Southern Command, said that all higher education campuses in southern Nevada would be closed following the incident out of “an abundance of caution”.

“We do not have information of any potential victims at this point,” he told a press conference on Wednesday.

“What I can tell you as well, is that the entire Nevada System of Higher Education in Southern Nevada, campuses are all closed on an abundance of caution.

“There is no threat to any other campus but we are doing this out of an abundance of caution.”

LVMPD sheriff Kevin McMahill told a press conference that there was “no further threat” to the community.

“Of course we have no idea on the motive,” he said.

“There are a number of victims that had been transported to area hospitals so I don’t want to give you false information and tell you how many victims that we have but we will be providing that update very, very shortly.

“I want to assure the community, there is no further threat. We are continuing the investigation here. This is still a very active and dynamic scene so if you can avoid the area, we would appreciate it.

“We’ll be providing additional updates in the very near future.”

Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are due to give an update on the incident shortly.

The UNLV campus is just a short distance from the site of the 2017 mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

The shooting, during which 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opend fire on a concert crowd, killed 60 people. The incident was the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in US history.

Paddock fired more than 1,000 rounds from the window of his 32nd floor suites at the hotel. He also injured around 413 people.

He was later found dead in his hotel room.

A student from the University of Nevada described sheltering in place in the student union building after hearing reports of an active shooter.

“We found out cops were on site and we just sheltered in place until we were evacuated. And it took us about 30 minutes to get us evacuated,” the student, who gave her name as Jessica, told CNN affiliate KVVU.

Another student who did not give her name told KVVU: “They had guns, we all walked out of the building hands up. They evacuated us out of the student union. We walked past one of the windows, the window was shot through, glass everywhere.”

The student said they could hear the gunshots from where they were in the student union.

“[There were] about 200 kids all in one space,” she said. “A lot of people were panicking.”