大学銃撃事件、日本人も犠牲に　准教授の女性―米ラスベガス

　【シリコンバレー時事】米ネバダ州ラスベガスのネバダ大ラスベガス校（ＵＮＬＶ）で起きた銃撃事件で、死亡した３人のうち１人が日本人女性であることが８日、分かった。在サンフランシスコ日本総領事館が確認した。地元警察当局やＵＮＬＶなどによると、女性は同校に勤めるタケマル・ナオコ准教授（６９）という。
　ＵＮＬＶによれば、タケマルさんは日本語や日本文化などを教えており、同校教員として２０年を迎えたばかりだった。キース・ホイットフィールド学長は声明で「彼女は信じられないほど学生に献身的だった」と述べ、死を悼んだ。（2023/12/09-08:53）

A Japanese woman was among the three people killed in the shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Wednesday, officials at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco said Friday.
   According to UNLV and local police, the woman has been identified as Naoko Takemaru, 69, an associate professor who taught Japanese language and culture at the U.S. university for 20 years.
   "She was incredibly dedicated to her students," UNLV President Keith Whitfield said in a statement.
   Wednesday's shooting left Takemaru and two others--a professor and another associate professor--dead and another injured.
   The 67-year-old gunman died after an exchange of fire with police officers. He had a list of targets, but none of the victims was on the list, local police said.