Two people have died after a shooting at the University of California's Los Angeles campus, in what police called a murder-suicide.
Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said on Wednesday the two were both males who were found in an office at the engineering school.
"A homicide and a suicide occurred," Beck told reporters near the scene. "It appears to be entirely contained".
Police said there was no longer a threat to the campus, which remained in lockdown for two hours.
Earlier, bioengineering student Bahjat Alirani described how police were directing people to run from the scene.
"I was in Boelter Hall to take a final and I exit the staircase to see SWAT-looking police yelling at everyone to evacuate immediately," Alirani told the Reuters news agency.
"I check my email and BruinAlert had immediately sent an email to all students notifying them of a shooter in the engineering building."
The university has more than 43,000 enrolled students, according to its website.
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