Two dead in shooting at UCLA, campus on lockdown

Two people are confirmed dead after a shooting Wednesday moing at UCLA, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The school remained on lockdown and the city of Los Angeles was placed on tactical alert following reports of the shooting on the Westwood campus, authorities said.

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The LAPD said that the two shooting victims were both men.

The gunman was “described as a white male about 6 feet tall,” the Daily Bruin student newspaper wrote on its Twitter feed, adding that the shooting occurred at Engineering IV on the southe side of the campus. “Police are now sweeping the building, looking for a shooter,” the school said in a press release issued at 11:15 a.m. It was unclear if one of the deceased included the gunman.

Photos from the scene showed emergency crews taking one person away on a stretcher. Police in full gear were also seen searching the campus.

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LAPD Capt. Andy Neiman said during a moing press conference that shots were fired near Boelter Hall. The LAPD, LAFD, and even the FBI, which has a local office in Los Angeles, responded to the scene. A bomb squad was also on campus, but no explosive devices have been found or reported, Neiman said.

“We know very little at this point,” Neiman said. “What we do know is that a shooting happened. If you are on campus now, get yourself to a safe place.”

Neiman said the city had been placed on tactical alert.

“At this point, we’re still gathering this information,” Neiman said. “We’re going to do this very methodically.”

Three LAUSD campuses near UCLA also were on lockdown including Fairbu and Waer elementary schools and Emerson Community Chater Middle School, according to a spokeswoman, who said parents have been alerted.

At UCLA, students were reportedly being locked into their classrooms.

The Daily Bruin said administrators had asked professors to cancel classes.

“Sitting under desk with door locked and lights off during my last ever class at #UCLA because of campus shooting,” tweeted Tom Jackson, an MBA candidate at the Anderson school.

A UCLA worker named Nathalie texted reporters that she and other workers are locked down in a building next to the hospital.

“On UCLA campus. Chaos...We are on lockdown. All I hear are sirens and helicopters. ...We are all OK.”

Students are in their final week of instruction and exams. Graduation ceremonies were set to kick off next week.

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