ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

CNN is reporting 2 dead but, as you well know things are often very confusing in the first hours after something like this.

There was definitely a lot of confusion, but fortunately the deaths at UCLA were limited to two (including the gunman who killed himself).

The killer was from Minnesota. He obtained his undergraduate degree in India, had a PhD from Stanford, and was working on his doctorate at UCLA under the man he killed, UCLA Professor William Klug, 39.


^ Professor William Klug, 39, leaves behind a wife and two children. He's described as a compassionate educator, a brilliant mind, and loving family man. RIP.


The killer, ^ Mainak Sarkar, praised Klug as his mentor at one point and later posted that Klug was a sick man who stole his code. That assertion has been described as 'psychotic'.

LAPD Chief Becker revealed this morning that Sarkar had a 'hit list' on him. A woman on the list has been found dead in Minnesota. On that list was another UCLA professor who taught the killer (that other professor is fortunately confirmed to be unhurt).

Sarkar reportedly drove from Minnesota to L.A. in his Nissan, armed with two legally purchased handguns, and shot Klug and himself in a small office in the engineering building.

Refs:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ucla...20fa0ce65a