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2nd LD: 2 shot dead in UCLA campus shooting in Los Angeles

Xinhua, June 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two people have been shot dead Wednesday morning at a campus shooting incident of the University of California's Los Angeles, UCLA officials quoted police as saying.

UCLA officials said that there is a possible active shooter in the campus and an investigation is being conducted at Boelter Hall, which is part of the Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and a campus-wide lockdown has been put in place.

Over three elementary schools and middle schools nearby UCLA have also been placed on lockdown, including Warner Elementary School, Fairburn Elementary School and Emerson Middle School due to that shooting at UCLA, according to the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The shooting was reported shortly before 10 a.m. in Boelter Hall, according to the university. Then shortly, the entire campus was placed on lockdown and students were advised to shelter in place. A large number of police and fire units swarmed to the campus, and paramedics were seen standing by with gurneys.

According to the police, the Los Angeles Police Department went on a tactical alert in response to the shooting reports.

The UCLA campus newspaper, reported via its Twitter said, many professors (are) being asked by administrators to cancel classes in the next few hours and email students." Endit