UCLA shooting victim identified

  • 8 years ago
A murder-suicide at UCLA on Wednesday prompted a campuswide lockdown and forcing hundreds of terrified students to hide in buildings.
UCLA Student Body President Michael Skiles identified Professor William S. Klug as the individual who was slain.
Klug is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, according to the UCLA's website.
He received his undergraduate degree at Westmont College, then obtained a Masters at UCLA and a Ph.D.
Caltech.
The situation was contained by shortly after noon, and there was no ongoing threat to to the campus, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said.
He said police found a weapon, and no suspects remain at large.

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