The former UCLA doctoral student who killed a professor in an apparent murder-suicide had a “kill list” that included the name of a woman found dead in Minnesota, as well as that of another UCLA instructor, the Los Angeles police chief said.
Chief Charlie Beck told the KTLA television station that a victim was found shot to death in Minnesota after authorities found information in notes left by Mainak Sarkar that led them to her. The note said to check on a cat and the body was found.
“That person was shot,” Beck said. “The connection is very strong. We still have to do the various ballistic tests … but it’s very strong.”
Beck said police believe Sarkar, a 2013 Ph.D graduate of UCLA’s engineering school who most recently lived in Minnesota, packed two handguns, multiple rounds of ammunition, and several magazines in a backpack and drove from his house to Los Angeles.
He then went to the UCLA campus, marched into the fourth floor office of his former professor William Klug, and fired multiple rounds at Klug before killing himself, Beck said.
Chief Beck said that the suspect likely had intent to kill two faculty members but one was not on campus. Multiple rounds of ammunition were located with the suspect along with two additional handguns.
