UNLV.Photo:Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via GettyTwo of the victims of theWednesday shooting on the campus of UNLVhave been identified as business school professors.Cha Jan “Jerry” Chang, 64, and Patricia Navarro, 39, were two of the three victims killed Wednesday, a spokesperson for Clark County tells PEOPLE. The identity of the third victim has not been released as authorities seek to notify a next-of-kin.A fourth person injured in the shooting was not identified.University President Keith Whitfield said in a statement that all four people shot were faculty members, and that the injured person is still in the hospital.“My heart breaks for the families, friends, and loved ones of Dr. Navarro and Dr. Chang, and for all of the victims of this senseless act of violence that has physically and emotionally affected so many,” Whitfield said in the statement.Navarro’s office in Beam Hall was on the fourth floor, according to the school’s website, where the shooting began, police said. The suspected shooter, Anthony Polito, 67, who was killed in a confrontation with police, began firing on the fourth floor before making his way down to lower floors. Chang’s office was on the third floor.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.According to his faculty page, Chang had a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Pittsburgh and has been at UNLV since 2001.Navarro received a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Central Florida, according to her page, and has been at the university since 2019, per her LinkedIn profile.TheLas Vegas Review-Journalreported that Navarro was a native of Puerto Rico and had four children.
UNLV.Photo:Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty
Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty
Two of the victims of theWednesday shooting on the campus of UNLVhave been identified as business school professors.Cha Jan “Jerry” Chang, 64, and Patricia Navarro, 39, were two of the three victims killed Wednesday, a spokesperson for Clark County tells PEOPLE. The identity of the third victim has not been released as authorities seek to notify a next-of-kin.A fourth person injured in the shooting was not identified.University President Keith Whitfield said in a statement that all four people shot were faculty members, and that the injured person is still in the hospital.“My heart breaks for the families, friends, and loved ones of Dr. Navarro and Dr. Chang, and for all of the victims of this senseless act of violence that has physically and emotionally affected so many,” Whitfield said in the statement.Navarro’s office in Beam Hall was on the fourth floor, according to the school’s website, where the shooting began, police said. The suspected shooter, Anthony Polito, 67, who was killed in a confrontation with police, began firing on the fourth floor before making his way down to lower floors. Chang’s office was on the third floor.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.According to his faculty page, Chang had a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Pittsburgh and has been at UNLV since 2001.Navarro received a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Central Florida, according to her page, and has been at the university since 2019, per her LinkedIn profile.TheLas Vegas Review-Journalreported that Navarro was a native of Puerto Rico and had four children.
Two of the victims of theWednesday shooting on the campus of UNLVhave been identified as business school professors.
Cha Jan “Jerry” Chang, 64, and Patricia Navarro, 39, were two of the three victims killed Wednesday, a spokesperson for Clark County tells PEOPLE. The identity of the third victim has not been released as authorities seek to notify a next-of-kin.
A fourth person injured in the shooting was not identified.
University President Keith Whitfield said in a statement that all four people shot were faculty members, and that the injured person is still in the hospital.
“My heart breaks for the families, friends, and loved ones of Dr. Navarro and Dr. Chang, and for all of the victims of this senseless act of violence that has physically and emotionally affected so many,” Whitfield said in the statement.
Navarro’s office in Beam Hall was on the fourth floor, according to the school’s website, where the shooting began, police said. The suspected shooter, Anthony Polito, 67, who was killed in a confrontation with police, began firing on the fourth floor before making his way down to lower floors. Chang’s office was on the third floor.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
According to his faculty page, Chang had a Ph.D. in management information systems from the University of Pittsburgh and has been at UNLV since 2001.
Navarro received a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Central Florida, according to her page, and has been at the university since 2019, per her LinkedIn profile.
TheLas Vegas Review-Journalreported that Navarro was a native of Puerto Rico and had four children.
source: people.com
