Active shooter suspect is DEAD after multiple victims are wounded at University of Nevada’s Las Vegas campus and students were ordered to ‘RUN-HIDE-FIGHT’

An active shooter wounded several people on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus during a terrifying 40-minute brawl before being killed, police said.

A huge number of police officers, including tactical teams, were seen making their way towards the college after an alert was issued to students warning them to “RUN-HIDE-FIGHT”.

Less than an hour after the alert was issued, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced the death of the suspect. Police said the investigation is ongoing.

Officials said there were “multiple casualties” in the attack, but it was unclear how many people may have been injured or the extent of their injuries.

Initial reports indicate additional shots may have been fired at the college’s student union, and authorities continue to evacuate buildings one by one, urging students to stay put.

Frightened students were evacuated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus Wednesday after reports of an active shooter on campus that allegedly left several people wounded.

Tactical teams were seen moving around campus as students were warned that a shooter remained at large and were told to “RUN-HIDE-FIGHT.”

A massive police presence arrived on campus and officials confirmed the suspect was dead less than an hour after an alarm sounded warning students of a school shooter.

Several people are believed to have been injured, but officials did not say how many people were injured or the extent of their injuries.

Footage posted on social media showed tactical teams moving around the campus as officers surveyed the scene from the roof of a building.

University police said the first shots were fired in Beam Hall, where the college’s business school is located.

The campus is located in the heart of Las Vegas, across from Harry Reid International Airport and just off a city street, just a few miles from the site of the city’s worst mass shooting in 2017, when a gunman opened fire on a crowd on a highway. 91 music festivals resulting in 58 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

At the same time that the campus was locked down, the airport said flights were affected due to a “security incident.”

A witness to the attack told Fox News that several shots were fired across the campus before police evacuated it.

“(I heard) boom, boom, boom, more shots,” she said. “So I ran into the basement and I heard gunshots coming from outside, I heard the police, and then the police just evacuated me.

“I held my hands above my head and yes, I heard a lot of shots. I didn’t know how many shooters there were. I didn’t really know anything.”

The shooting happened in downtown Las Vegas near the Strip and Harry Reid International Airport.

Tactical officers were seen surveying the scene from the roof of the building.

“We could hear shots from where we were. About 200 children gathered in one room, and many people were in panic,” another witness said.

They said the group was in the middle of a presentation in the student union meeting room, which went into panic mode as everyone inside received a text alert at the same time.

“They said they locked the building,” they said.

“They closed all the curtains. Everyone moved to one end of the room. After that we had to wait a long time, about 20 minutes, and we were told to move to a corner.

“And we heard a lot of screaming. Then the situation became even more hectic… the officers were shouting, they came in, we all raised our hands and escorted us all the way here… I saw one glass break, it looked like two shots were fired past.

A witness to the chaos said they heard “screams” from the next room and were horrified by the situation.

Witnesses said there was panic on campus when a text alert was sent to everyone on campus.

Another witness from the students’ union said they could hear “screams from the house next door” while hiding.

“We were in the student union where everything happened. But it was just very scary to hear this. We were all as a class… we were so scared,” they said.

“I feel like we should have turned the lights off or something. But we were definitely in a corner and we evacuated and, you know, we wanted more because we got these warnings and we were a little scared.”

Horrified students praised the university’s response to the shooting, saying they had constant updates “it’s been great.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday she was aware of the shooting.

“Obviously we will continue to monitor what is currently happening. I don’t want to get ahead of what local law enforcement is probably doing right now,” she said.