UNLV unveils design for healing garden honoring 2023 shooting victims

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — More than 200 people within the UNLV community gathered Saturday to honor the victims of the 2023 deadly shooting.

Two years ago, a gunman shot and killed Dr. Jerry “Cha-Jan” Chang, Dr. Patricia Navarro Velez and Dr. Naoko Takemaru. Professor Daraboth Rith survived life-threatening injuries from the shooting.

Kelechi Odunze, the student body of president of Consolidated Students of UNLV, was on campus when the shooting happened.

“It was really hard that day, a lot of students were running around. They didn’t know what was going on,” Odunze said. “We heard a lot of reports that students and faculty in the dozens were getting shot at and so, it was really emotional to come back, especially to this space.”…

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