UPDATE 12:30 p.m. PST: LAPD Chief Charlie Beck confirmed that the shooting at UCLA Wednesday morning that left two men dead was a murder-suicide. The shooter was one of the two men killed in a small office in a building in the campus’ engineering complex.
”The campus is now safe,” Beck told reporters in a news conference shortly after noon.
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*At least two fatalities have been confirmed by police in a shooting on the campus of UCLA, according to Fox News.
The campus was put on lockdown just after 11 a.m. local time after initial reports of a shooting in an engineering lab.
There are conflicting reports about the number of shooters. The school’s Daily Bruin newspaper reports the shooter is a white male about 6 feet tall in a black jacket and black pants, citing a police source.
Shooter is wearing a black jacket and black pants, according to police. #UCLA
— Daily Bruin (@dailybruin) June 1, 2016
Shooter is described as a white male about 6 feet tall, according to sources.
— Daily Bruin (@dailybruin) June 1, 2016
Some tweets from students who say they are part of the lockdown mention a white female shooter as well.
No details about the shooter or shooters have been confirmed by police.
