Las Vegas police have responded to reports of a shooter on the local campus of the University of Nevada, where there appeared to be multiple victims, and then reported the suspect was “deceased”.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, in a statement posted on Wednesday to X, did not elaborate on the circumstances of the incident or status of the victims but urged residents to avoid the area.

Police said the incident occurred around Beam Hall, a campus building that houses the business school and other facilities. The university posted a message urging students to evacuate from the area.

“We are responding to preliminary reports of an #ActiveShooter on the campus of UNLV near BEAM Hall. There appears to be multiple victims at this time,” police said on X.

In a separate post, campus police said there was an additional report of shots fired in the Student Union.

In Washington, the White House said it was monitoring the situation in Las Vegas.

By Jasper Ward and Dan Whitcomb in Las Vegas