Former student of UNLV gunman Anthony Polito says he made sexual comments in East Carolina classroom telling her that ‘if I wore a shirt that low cut for the rest of the semester, I’d be sure to get an A’

A former student of the man who shot and killed three people at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas last week said he quit another college after he made sexual comments about her.

Christine Marshburn, 28, recalled the day in 2016 when Anthony Polito made a comment about her appearance as she sat in the front row of his business class at East Carolina University in North Carolina.

“He told me that if I wore this low-cut shirt for the rest of the semester, I would definitely get an A,” Marshburn said. NBC News.

Marshburn said the “brave comment” was made in front of her and about 35 other students, most of whom were men.

Later that day, she reported the unpleasant comment to the dean of the business school. In January 2017, Polito resigned from his position as an assistant professor at the university, where he had served since 2001.

It is unclear whether Polito left the school because of the comment he made about Marshburn, but she said he never returned to class after she reported it.

The incident occurred during her freshman year, as Marshburn recalled other students’ faces “just being shocked” when they heard the comment.

“They looked sad to me,” Marshburn said.

On Dec. 6, Polito, 67, killed three UNLV faculty members on the fourth floor of the business school.

After opening fire, the gunman walked to several other floors of the business school before he was killed in a shootout with two university police detectives outside the building, adjacent to the university’s student union, UNLV Police Chief Adam Garcia said.

In a statement, UNLV President Keith Whitfield said the mass shooting was “the most difficult day in the history of our university” and said he was “heartbroken for the families, friends and loved ones of Dr. Navarro and Dr. Chang.”

Both Navarro and Chang were killed in a 40-minute rampage carried out by Polio, who did not work at UNLV but had reportedly applied for several jobs there and was rejected each time.

Navarro This was told by former University of Puerto Rico professor David Correa. Las Vegas Review Magazine that she was the mother of four children.

She was first identified in an Instagram post shared by the California All-Stars Las Vegas Cheer Gym, which said: “Our hearts are broken as we share the devastating news of the loss of our beloved family member Cali in yesterday’s senseless shooting.”

“Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to the Navarro-Velez family during this unimaginably difficult time,” the statement said.

Professor Cha Jang “Jerry” Chang, 64, taught business and worked at UNLV for more than 20 years and was a longtime respected faculty member specializing in management information systems.

A former student praised the professor on an education rating website following news of his death, saying they were “lucky” to study with him and “wish he had not been taken away from us so soon.”

Chang died from a gunshot wound to the head, while Navarro-Velez died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner. 8NewsNow.

The third victim was 69-year-old Naoko Takemaru, an assistant professor of Japanese studies at the university.

It was later revealed that Polito had sent 22 letters to university professors across the U.S., but the contents of the letters were not immediately known, Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Wednesday.

Officials were able to intercept some of the letters sent, and the first letter opened contained “an unknown white powdery substance,” McMahill said.

The sheriff said police have contacted everyone on the suspect list except one person who was on the flight.

“None of the individuals on the target list were victims,” McMahill said.

After the UNLV shooting, Marshburn spoke publicly about her interactions with the professor. She said she decided to share her account so other women could feel like they could be heard, too.

“It is unacceptable for our professors or anyone else to make comments of a sexual nature or about what we wear or how we look,” Marshburn said.

When Marshburn reported the incident to a dean in 2016, she also mentioned that Polito rarely stuck to the curriculum and instead became fixated on Las Vegas.

“I didn’t learn anything about supply chain management,” she said.

Another student, Paul Whittington, now 33, told The Associated Press that Polito often veered off topic during class on his many trips to Las Vegas.

According to Whittington, Polito told his students that he visited them twice a year, staying in different hotels and visiting different clubs.

Another former Polito student supported Marshburn’s statement and said he also made her feel uncomfortable.

A 32-year-old woman from Durham, North Carolina, who wished to remain anonymous, told NBC News that he “stalked” her for almost the entire semester, constantly sending her emails, text messages and even buying her gifts.

“I felt like a victim,” the woman said.

The woman said she once viewed Polito as a mentor until he went too far and invited her to Las Vegas in 2012.

She said she never considered reporting Polito because he was highly respected on campus and that the whole situation seemed unusual to her.

“It was so strange,” she said.

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