UCLA holds 2nd vigil for slain professor as police probe continues
By Michaela Groom (L.A.) and Brendan O’Brien (Milwaukee), Reuters Students and faculty from the University of California, Los Angeles and the surrounding community held a second vigil on Friday to pay tribute to a professor who was gunned down in a murder-suicide committed by a former student. On Thursday, hundreds gathered to grieve the loss of engineering professor William Klug who police say was shot and killed in a small office on campus on Wednesday by Mainak Sarkar, 38, who then took his own life. “It will take time to cope and overcome the sadness that has cloaked our campus, but we will do it and we will do it together,” said Danny Siegel, the president of the student council at UCLA during the vigil. Photo courtesy of the Boston Globe The base of UCLA’s Bruin Bear statue on campus was covered with notes paying tribute to the well-liked [...]