WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Police have identified the shooter in the murder-suicide at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as Manak Sarkar, local media reported on Thursday.
"The gunman who shot and killed a UCLA professor… has been identified as Mainak Sarkar, a former doctoral student, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Moreover, the report indicated the murdered professor, 39-year-old William Klug, accused Sarkar of stealing his computer code and giving it to someone else.
The University has cancelled all classes on Thursday, and grief counselors are available to staff and students.
