The Los Angeles Police Department identified the gunman in yesterday’s tragic murder-suicide at UCLA as former doctoral student, Mainak Sarkar.

Sarkar took the life of his former advisor, engineering professor William Klug before taking his own life.

According to LAPD, Sarkar had accused Klug of stealing his computer code. In an interview with KPCC, LAPD Captain Andy Neiman said a “kill list” was found at the gunman’s residence along with the names of Klug and another UCLA professor. Neiman also said the list contained the name of an unidentified woman who was found dead by gunshot wound in her home in the gunman’s home state of Minnesota.  

The university announced that most classes at the campus of over 40 thousand students will resume today.

As members of the Bruin community begin the process of coping with the death of a professor and the frightening events of the two hour campus-wide lockdown that followed the shooting, Airtalk invites UCLA students, professors, campus staff, parents, and friends to call in and talk about how they have been personally impacted by yesterday’s events.

Are you a student or professor returning to class today to finish up finals? How did yesterday’s shooting impact how you feel about campus safety? How will yesterday’s tragedy change how you go about your daily interactions with other students and professors? What are you doing to bring comfort to those still shaken and grieving? And what can be done to prevent tragedies like this from happening again? Call us at 866-893-5722 to share your thoughts.

Guest:

Adam Winkler, professor of law at UCLA and author of the book, "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America" (W.W. Norton & Company, 2013)