LAPD Chief declares UCLA campus safe after shooting, campus reopens

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In a press conference, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck said the shots reported on the University of California, Los Angeles campus this morning were the result of a homicide suicide.

“It appears entirely contained,” Beck said.

The shooting took place in an office of the engineering building, Boelter Hall. The campus went into lockdown around 10 a.m. The two deceased are both male; one of them is the alleged shooter.

“The campus is now safe,” Beck said.

According UCLA’s news site, campus has reopened. Classes are suspended for the rest of the day, but will resume tomorrow.

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