Police confirm two people shot while UCLA campus remains locked down
According to the Daily Bruin, the shooter was wearing a black jacket and black pants
The LAPD have confirmed that two people have been shot by the Engineering building and a shooter remains at large.
Campus was locked down at around 10AM today after reports of a gunman on campus began to circulate.
People are being asked to shelter in place in an engineering building on the campus.
Helicopter news footage showed students walking out in a line with their hands above their head, as armed police officers scoured the campus.
Mehwish Khan, a 21-year-old psychobiology student, took cover in the library along with several other students. She told the LA times:”The whole campus just started running and I started running too,
“Everyone was very confused. We got in a building, and no one knew what was going on,” she said.
As she spoke by phone, she started hearing helicopters hovering overhead.
“A lot of people thought it was a joke or a drill,” she said.