UCLA campus police are investigating a possible shooting on campus Wednesday, university spokesman Ricardo Vazquez said. Police received reports of two victims down and an active shooter in or near the engineering building, Los Angeles Police Officer Tony Im said.
A shooting has been reported on the UCLA campus according to various news organizations.
WATCH: Heavily armed law enforcement going into @UCLA building "as fast as they can" https://t.co/AwPBNLNj3i https://t.co/YDS5eFb1Ig
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 1, 2016
Early reports indicate the shooting apparently happened near or within the engineering building with two injured. It’s unclear at this point if any are in custody.
Currently the campus is under a campus wide lock down.
The city of Los Angeles is on tactical alert as of 10:30 a.m. after a shooting at UCLA, according to LAPD https://t.co/6IcKBNOemx
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 1, 2016
Police investigating possible shooter at UCLA. Campus on lockdown. Watch UCLA Newsroom for updates. https://t.co/r6LoVO24Ig
— UCLA Newsroom (@UCLAnewsroom) June 1, 2016
Police investigating possible shooter at UCLA. Campus on lockdown. Watch UCLA Newsroom for updates. https://t.co/r6LoVO24Ig
— UCLA Newsroom (@UCLAnewsroom) June 1, 2016
Stay clear of Engineering IV. Police are on the scene. The campus remains on lockdown. https://t.co/oeYFesFnj8
— UCLA (@UCLA) June 1, 2016
The tweets from students who were told to shelter in place are chilling…
Using my belt to lock the door down. #UCLA #activeshooter pic.twitter.com/XIxm0uWIe3
— Carrie, The Raven of Porto (@newt_ripley) June 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/karaleung/status/738067262419009536
UPDATE: According to the LAPD the city has been put on a ‘tactical alert’.
UPDATE: UCLA is reporting that there are now two confirmed dead in today’s shooting.
UPDATE: The two reported victims of the UCLA shooting are male with the incidents taking place around 10AM PST.
UPDATE: Right now a murder/suicide is being suspected in the UCLA Shooting.
