Active shooter reported at UCLA; police say two people killed, campus on lockdown

[Merrytooth 5,748]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/01/ucla-on-lockdown-after-reports-of-shooting/?tid=sm_fb

At least two people were killed in a shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, police said. The campus remained locked down for an hour due to what police called an active shooter situation, drawing local officers as well as federal law enforcement officials to the university.

The Los Angeles Police Department said shortly after 11 a.m. local time that two people were killed. Authorities said they did not have any immediate information on the shooter.

In a statement posted online, the university said police had reported finding two victims of the shooting in an engineering building not far from Pauley Pavilion.

The incident began a few minutes after 10 a.m. local time, according to Tony Im, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The LAPD and FBI both said they were responding to the scene. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are also responding.

Campus officials warned students to stay where they are until more information is available.

The public university has 43,000 students on its Los Angeles campus.

University spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for information.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I'm about 15 minutes away from campus. Just horrible. Graduation's in just over a week.

Those poor kids.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

I'm about 15 minutes away from campus. Just horrible. Graduation's in just over a week.

Those poor kids.

Stay safe!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I'm about 15 minutes away from campus. Just horrible. Graduation's in just over a week.

Those poor kids.

Second what Merrytooth said. Be safe Maven.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Sounds like murder suicide.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Sounds like murder suicide.

You are right.

Update: Police confirm the UCLA shooting was a murder-suicide, call it "entirely contained

[Merrytooth 5,748]

It is sad to report here that the shooter was from Minnesota

http://www.kare11.com/news/crime/mn-murder-tied-to-ucla-shooter/228298797

Authorities in Los Angeles have identified the gunman as 38-year-old Mainak Sarkar, an engineering graduate student who lived in Minnesota. Sarkar has at least two St. Paul addresses showing up in his records, as well as a reference to the Brooklyn Park address where the woman was found.

LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck says Sarkar drove to Los Angeles from Minnesota with two guns and killed Professor William Klug before killing himself. Beck says investigators found the gunman's Minnesota address and when they searched his home detectives found a "kill list" with the names of the Brooklyn Park woman and two UCLA professors. At that point LAPD contacted Brooklyn Park Police, and the woman's body was found.