Remembering faculty members who lost their lives in UNLV shooting

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Friends and colleagues of the three faculty members who were killed in Wednesday’s shooting on UNLV’s campus came together Friday to share fond memories. Professor Cha Jan “Jerry” Chang, 64, of Henderson; Asst. Professor Patricia Navarro Velez, 39, of Las Vegas; and Associate Professor 69-year-old Naoko Takemaru, of Las Vegas, all lost their lives on Wednesday, Dec. 6, county officials said. “What our university endured on December 6 is nothing short of life-changing,” UNLV President Dr. Keith E. Whitfield said in a news conference Friday. “We...