"Former UNLV Professor Resigns Amid Sexual Comment Allegations, Student Claims"

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"Former UNLV Professor Resigns Amid Sexual Comment Allegations, Student Claims"
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The gunman who killed three people at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) had previously resigned from another university after a female student accused him of making a sexual comment about her appearance. The incident occurred in 2016 at East Carolina University (ECU), where Anthony Polito was a tenured associate professor. The student reported the incident to the business school's dean, and Polito resigned from his position the following year. Polito, who had a "target list" of faculty members at UNLV and ECU, applied for a teaching job at UNLV in 2020 but was not hired. The motive for the shooting remains unknown.

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