Rasha Ali
Two people died Wednesday in a shooting at UCLA that police said may have been a murder-suicide.
Students first reported the sounds of gunshots Wednesday morning, and a campus-wide security alert was issued at 9:52 a.m.
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LAPD officers and bomb squad members responding to the shooting. Police first said two were injured, and later confirmed they were killed.
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Officers entered Boelter Hall, part of the university's school of engineering. Students were advised to avoid the area.
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UCLA campus police Chief James Harren told reporters at the scene there were still "dozens of people sheltered in place" two hours after the incident.
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Police later called the incident a “possible murder-suicide,” which would indicate the shooter was one of the two dead.
Police could not confirm whether or not the two involved were students, and said a motive for the shooting was not immediately clear.
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LAPD pronounced the incident over around 12 p.m. "Campus is now safe," said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.
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