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Two Killed During UCLA Shooting Following Breitbart Event

Two men have been killed in a murder-suicide pact at UCLA on Wednesday morning, with local and federal law enforcement officers putting the campus on lockdown as a result. Two people were found dead inside a campus engineering building, according to a UCLA spokesperson. The shooting follows a bomb threat the night before that occurred as a result of Breitbart Technology editor, Milo Yiannopoulous, giving a controversial talk at the University against feminism. His “Dangerous Faggot Tour” talk prompted protests outside the Broad Art Building, where Milo was due to speak, from pro-feminists groups who wanted Milo banned from speaking. His talk ended when the Unviersity recieved an anonymous bomb threat. LAPD says it was a murder-suicide. We believe there are no suspects outstanding https://t.co/6eNuu3Lonv #UCLA https://t.co/tGxHyAZdQm — CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) June 1, 2016 Latimes.com reports: Helicopter news footage showed students walking out in a line with their hands above their heads as armed police officers scoured the campus. According to the Daily Bruin, the shooter was wearing a black jacket and black pants. The shooting left students hiding in buildings across campus. Some secured doors with belts or created makeshift barricades to secure themselves in classrooms as word of the gunfire spread across campus. Graduate student [...]