Shooter reportedly had “personal differences” with professor William Klug before killing him
UPDATED on 6/2/2016 at 11:41 a.m. PT: Sarkar’s victim in Minnesota is believed to be Ashley Hasti, with whom Sarkar had a longstanding relationship
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The gunman in Wednesday’s UCLA shooting has been identified as a former doctoral student who was angry with his professor over stolen computer code, TheWrap has learned.
Mainak Sarkar was the second person found dead yesterday in one of the school’s engineering buildings, according to the LAPD. The 38-year-old killed Professor William S. Klug and then himself.
The exact motive for the shooting has not been confirmed, but a blog post reportedly written by Sarkar in March — which has since been deleted — claims that Klug had stolen computer code from him and given it to another student.
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“We had personal differences,” Sarkar allegedly said in the post, now cached as a screenshot on Google. “He cleverly stole all my code and gave it another student … Stay away from this sick guy.”
In addition, Sarkar is suspected in the murder of a woman in Minnesota that was committed just prior to when he came to LA. A note found at the UCLA scene led investigators to Sarkar’s residence in Minnesota, where they found a “kill list” that included Klug’s name as well as the female victim, believed to be Sarkar’s ex-girlfriend Ashley Hasti.
The UCLA campus was placed on lockdown Wednesday around 10 a.m. local time after reports of an active shooter emerged.
Officers in tactical gear were seen entering Boelter Hall, which is part of the school of engineering. LAPD bomb squad members were also on the scene. Police were advising students to avoid the area. The LAPD pronounced the incident over around 12 p.m.
With finals underway, the school planned to reopen as normal, except for some engineering classes, as of today. “We want to resume normal operations as quickly as possible, so we will resume scheduled classes tomorrow morning,” UCLA Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh said in a statement. “Faculty, staff and students should show up tomorrow and go through their regular routines and complete the quarter as planned.”
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Two people were killed in an alleged murder-suicide at the , Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Wednesday. The shooting occurred on the fourth floor of the Engineering IV building. The university's campus was in  for about two hours after the shooting from 10:00AM to noon local time.

The  (LAPD) have identified 39-year-old William S. Klug as the victim in the murder-suicide. He was an associate professor of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The shooting occurred in his office. According to the Police, the shooter was identified as Mainak Sarkar, a former student of the professor.

According to the Police, Mainak Sarkar had accused William S. Klug of stealing Sarkar's computer code and turning it over to someone else. According to , in March Mainak Sarkar had written in a blog post about William S. Klug, "We had personal differences. He cleverly stole all my code and gave it another student. He made me really sick. Your enemy is your enemy. But your friend can do a lot more harm. Be careful about whom you trust. Stay away from this sick guy", and included a photo of the professor.

According to the LAPD, a note was found near scene and helped find the home address of the shooter and establish the fact of suicide.

During the lockdown students were asked to stay in a sheltered location, and those who moved around the campus were told to walk with their hands up and were searched by police officers. Classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. Final exams and  were to run as scheduled, and most classes were to resume as normal Thursday morning.

William S. Klug had been leading the Klug Research Group which specialised in theoretical and computational . He was a father of two, a nine year old son in fourth grade and a seven year old daughter. 


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