US university campus attack 'not an act of terrorism'

Two people were killed on Wednesday at the University of California's Los Angeles campus, in what police are describing as a murder-suicide.

The incident was reported shortly before 10 am local time in the university’s engineering building, which prompted authorities to lockdown the entire campus in search for an active shooter.

A few hours later, Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck announced that the shooting of two men at UCLA was a murder-suicide.

The shooting occurred in a small office in an engineering building, where a gun was found along with what might be a suicide note, according to the chief.

Beck said there was no continuing threat and the campus had been secure. The identities of the two men have yet to be released authorities.

Hundreds of officers from multiple federal and local agencies swarmed the busy university campus.

Teams in tactical gear looking for victims and suspects ran across campus, some with weapons drawn, and stormed into buildings.

The shooting occurred the week before final exams at UCLA, a major campus of the University of California with about 43,000 students.

Many students used social media to let friends and family know they were safe. Some described frantic evacuation scenes and a large police response.

Others wrote that their doors weren't locking and posted photos of items like photocopiers and foosball tables pushed up against them.

Over 32,000 people are killed by gun violence every year in the United State, with a daily average of 89 deaths.