Wednesday, June 1, 2016

UCLA: campus in lockdown: gunman on the loose

Two dead in UCLA campus shooting, gunman on the loose with campus on lockdown
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One of my best friends got his bachelors and masters degree here. This is hard to see for Californians especially, or parents of kids or teachers there.
 
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Two dead in UCLA campus shooting, gunman on the loose with campus on lockdown
At least two people were fatally shot on UCLA's campus Wednesday, and the gunman remains …
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Two dead in UCLA campus shooting, 'active search' for gunman with campus on lockdown

2 Injured in UCLA Shooting; Campus on Lockdown
KTLA - Los Angeles
At least two people were fatally shot on UCLA's campus Wednesday, police said, and authorities are searching for the gunman.
Shots rang out before 10 a.m. at the Engineering 4 building in the center of campus.
"Go to a secure location and deny entry (lockdown) now!" the university wrote in the message to students.
Police identified the victims as two men in a statement, but did not say if they were students or campus employees.
Two police officers jump into the back a police trunk as the respond to an active shooter situation at UCLA campus on June 1, 2016. Officials put the campus on lockdown after two people were reportedly shot dead by the engineering building.
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Two confirmed dead as active shooter terrorizes UCLA campus
UCLA Police Chief James Herren said an "active search" is underway for the shooter.
"It is certainly possible that one of the victims is a shooter," Herren said. "We don't know that yet."
Los Angeles was placed on a "tactical alert citywide," LAPD Capt. Andy Neiman told a group of reporters.
People are seen walking with their hands up on UCLA campus. 
1 | 4 People are seen walking with their hands up on UCLA campus.  (KTLA)
Aerial video of the campus showed police and emergency responders surrounding Boelter Hall and a nearby parking garage. The building is part of the university’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
FBI and ATF agents also responded to the shooting.
Students took cover, hiding and barricading themselves in campus buildings.
"The whole campus just started running and I started running too," Mehwish Khan, 21, told the Los Angeles Times. "Everyone was very confused. We got into the [library], and no one knew what was going on."
The university's graduation is less than one week away.
Wednesday's gunfire marks the second shooting in recent years at a University of California campus. In 2014, gunman Elliot Rodger killed six people near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbra, about 100 miles northwest of UCLA.
The 22-year-old — who recorded a chilling, sexist video manifesto before his rampage — targeted a sorority house, but no one answered the door, so he opened fire on passersby before later turning his weapon on himself.
The UCLA campus is located 70 miles west of San Bernardino, where a gun-toting couple killed 14 people at an office holiday party in San Bernardino in a November attack.
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