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UCLA murder-suicide: Shooting deaths prompt full-blown response on campus, victim was professor

LOS ANGELES — A UCLA spokeswoman has confirmed there are two shooting victims on the campus this morning.

The UCLA campus was placed on lockdown after reports of a shooter in a campus engineering building.Los Angeles police Officer Aareon Jefferson said there may be two shooting victims.The shooting was reported shortly before 10 a.m. in Boelter Hall, which is part of the Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, according to the university.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 Westwood campus, and paramedics were seen standing by with gurneys.