LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person who shot and killed three UNLV professors stored dozens of clothes for intercourse staff in his house and obtained a startling textual content message within the aftermath of the mass capturing, in line with the Las Vegas Metro police last report launched Friday.
On Dec. 6, 2023, Anthony Polito, 67, shot and killed Lee Enterprise Faculty professors Dr. Jerry Cha-Jan Chang, Dr. Patricia Navarro Velez, and School of Liberal Arts professor Dr. Naoko Takemaru. A fourth professor shot within the incident survived.
A college police officer shot and killed Polito about 10 minutes into the mass capturing at Beam Corridor. A message on Polito’s telephone mentioned, “Good to see you made the news!!” in line with the greater than 200-page last report police launched greater than a yr after the mass capturing. The one that despatched the textual content message who lives out of state later advised police he didn’t know Polito was concerned within the capturing and was referring to Las Vegas on the whole.
Because the 8 Information Now Investigators reported after the capturing, Polito had utilized to 4 positions on the college however was not interviewed for any. Polito additionally utilized to different positions throughout the Nevada System of Larger Training however was rejected, police mentioned.
Lee Enterprise Faculty professors Dr. Jerry Cha-Jan Chang (proper), Dr. Patricia Navarro Velez (left), and School of Liberal Arts professor Dr. Naoko Takemaru (heart) died within the capturing. A fourth professor shot within the incident survived. (UNLV/KLAS)
“Based on interviews, Polito’s perceived superiority and dissatisfaction with the lack of appreciation for his talents were likely aggravating factors,” police mentioned within the report. “Those closest to him noted his frustration with his lack of employment in Las Vegas.”
Polito focused workplaces in Beam Corridor, specializing in the fourth and fifth flooring, police mentioned.
In a Beam Corridor hallway, police discovered laminated playing cards, which they described as a goal listing, with pictures, names and room numbers of professors within the college’s enterprise division. The playing cards additionally contained pictures and names of professors at East Carolina College, paperwork mentioned. The 2-sided playing cards include footage and room numbers for 12 workers, together with the dean, vice dean and different professors.
Earlier than the capturing, Polito despatched 22 letters to 21 folks throughout the nation from a Las Vegas valley put up workplace, police mentioned. The entire letters contained a white energy, which was decided to not be hazardous. No letter was addressed to any present UNLV school. UNLV first denied Polito employment in 1994, police mentioned.
Picture of AnthoOn Dec. 6, 2023, Anthony Polito, 67, dedicated the mass capturing at UNLV. (KLAS)
Polito moved to the Las Vegas valley in 2017, the report mentioned, to show at Roseman College. The college later ended this system Polito taught and he was terminated.
In July 2022, Polito purchased a pistol in Henderson after which “progressively purchased” objects together with journal holders and ammunition, police mentioned. He was additionally in extreme debt, owing $75,000 to bank card firms, police mentioned.
Whereas looking out Polito’s Henderson house, detectives discovered a observe on the door indicating he obtained a 30-day eviction discover to “pay rent or quit,” the report mentioned. The discover was dated Dec. 6, the day of the capturing, however placed on the door after the capturing had already occurred. The leasing firm the place Polito lived known as Polito twice earlier than the capturing about lacking that month’s hire, police mentioned.
Police additionally discovered a will on Polito’s eating room desk. Officers additionally positioned a to-do listing, which included “create a will” and “write up an obituary,” police mentioned.
Additionally contained in the house, detectives positioned “a vast quantity of women’s dresses that women and prostitutes would wear for his entertainment,” police mentioned. “Each hanger had a size delineator tag with each dress. One style in particular was in four different colors. Each series of dress, color and style ranged in sizes from 2 to 12. These dresses were not worn by Polito since he was much larger than any sizes present.”
On dozens of digital units Polito stored in his dwelling and in a security deposit field, detectives mentioned they positioned information about UNLV, Polito’s functions and a map of Beam Corridor. Polito additionally had folders containing details about facility with info from information articles and public data. One folder was titled “DevilBosses,” in line with police.
On Nov. 5, a month earlier than the capturing, Polito visited the UNLV campus and parked in quite a bit, police mentioned. Based mostly on video proof, it doesn’t seem Polito exited his automotive.
Earlier than the capturing, Polito mailed 22 letters to varied folks, together with some on his lamented playing cards, police mentioned. The letters included “Happy Aniversary” playing cards and several other contained talc.
Earlier than the capturing, Polito mailed 22 letters to varied folks, together with some on his lamented playing cards, police mentioned. The letters included “Happy Aniversary” playing cards and several other contained talc. (LVMPD)
Police mentioned Polito doubtless “had delusions of grandeur” and used a photograph of Robert De Niro on social media and Reddit.
“He frequented conservative subreddits and posted far-right memes and misogynistic content,” detectives mentioned. Polito additionally “was fixated… and obsessive about student reviews,” telling “students he remembers faces, names and seating arrangements of those who gave him bad reviews.”
Polito additionally stored selfmade pornography on his units, with police including it was unclear if the opposite celebration consented to the recording. At the very least two units contained practically 2,000 footage of a room with directions for a spy digicam, police mentioned.
Attire hung by dimension and magnificence inside Anthony Polito’s house. (LVMPD)
“He had no documented social life, aside from using sugar daddy and swinger-type websites,” police mentioned.
Polito’s web site hosted his “theories” on “various mysteries and puzzles,” together with one which claimed that he had solved the Zodiac killer case.
Within the yr because the capturing, the UNLV group created six murals for the doorway to Beam Corridor: “The intention is to reframe the expertise of strolling into the constructing and assist therapeutic whereas honoring the recollections of the professors misplaced,” a spokesperson mentioned.
