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ByAmandaLeeMyers and Christine Armario TheAssociatedPress LOS ANGELES A former UCLA graduate student killed a woman in Minne- sota before carrying two semi-automatic pistols and a grudge back to the Los Angeles campus, where he fatally shot a young profes- sor he once called a mentor then killed himself, police said Thursday. The attack came after Mainak Sarkar, 38, had composed a "kill list" with the names of the woman and t wo UCLA pro- fessors, po- lice Chief Charlie Beck said. D e t e c - tives believe Sarkar also intended to kill the second professor but couldn't find him Wednesday on the bus- tling campus, Beck said. Authorities pieced to- gether the case as most classes resumed a day after thousands of stu- dents and staff members were locked down on the sprawling campus. Its nor- mally tranquil paths and hallways were swarmed by a small army of offi- cers clad in body armor and wielding high-pow- ered rifles. Students who could flee did, and those who couldn't leave locked or barricaded classroom doors and hud- dled in nervous silence. The investigation un- folded rapidly after Sarkar left a note in the office where he killed professor Bill Klug. It mentioned the second professor on the "kill list" and asked any- one who read it to check on Sarkar's cat in St. Paul, Minnesota. When authorities went to Sarkar's apartment, they found the list of planned targets. Authorities checked the residence of the woman in a nearby town and found her body. Police have not publicly identified the woman or the unharmed professor, who also belonged to UCLA's en- gineering faculty. Sarkar had disparaged Klug online and the profes- sor knew of his contempt, but police have not uncov- ered any death threats, Beck said. The writings contained "some harsh lan- guage, but certainly noth- ing that would be consid- ered homicidal," he said. A blog post written in March by someone identi- fying himself as Sarkar as- serted that Klug "cleverly stole all my code and gave it (to) another student" and "made me really sick." The blog continues: "Your enemy is your en- emy. But your friend can do a lot more harm. Be careful about whom you trust. Stay away from this sick guy." Beck said it was Sarkar who was mentally unsta- ble. The chief cited conver- sations in which UCLA of- ficials told investigators the former Ph.D. student's claims of stolen code are "a making of his own imagi- nation." Sarkar and Klug were once close. In his 2013 dis- sertation about using engi- neering to understand the human heart, the student thanked the professor "for all his help and support. Thank you for being my mentor." Authorities believe Sarkar drove to Los Ange- les from Minnesota in the past few days with two handguns he legally bought in Minnesota and with am- munition. Police working to find that car sought the public's help, saying it was a 2003 Nissan Sentra with the license plate of 720KTW. With the guns and am- munition Sarkar carried, "he could have caused many more fatalities than the one," Beck said. At Sarkar's apartment building in St. Paul, the only people who would open their doors Thurs- day said they didn't know their neighbor and that po- lice had been there Wednes- day night. Sarkar's LinkedIn page shows he obtained a mas- ter's degree at Stanford University after graduat- ing in 2000 from the In- dian Institute of Technol- ogy at Kharagpur with a degree in aerospace engi- neering. He most recently was listed as an engineering analyst at a Findlay, Ohio, company called Endurica. Company president Will Mars said Sarkar left in Au- gust 2014. It's unclear what he had been doing since. Colleagues and friends described Klug, 39, as a kind, devoted family man and teacher who coached youth baseball in his ad- opted hometown of El Se- gundo and didn't appear to have conflicts with anyone. He is survived by his wife and two children, a 9-year- old boy and 7-year-old girl. "Bill was an absolutely wonderful man, just the nicest guy you would ever want to meet," said Alan Garfinkel, a biology and physiology professor who worked with Klug to build a computer model of a "vir- tual heart" that research- ers could use to test drugs without harming anyone. CAMPUS SHOOTING UC LA s ho ot er 's ' ki ll l is t' h ad dead Minnesota woman, 2 profs UNIVERSITYOFCALIFORNIA,LOSANGELES Bill Klug, a professor of mechanical engineering, was fatally shot in a UCLA engineering building Wednesday. NICK UT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Students arriving to class walk past the engineering department at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Thursday. Sarkar The Associated Press HOPLAND Authorities say a Northern California woman was arrested after she scooped up a fawn from a rural road and attempted to sell the animal on Craig- slist. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Thursday that 28-year-old Lacy Jean David of Ukiah posted the ad Tuesday asking $300 for the baby deer. She posted a photo with the ad. State game wardens set up a sting to meet her and buy the deer. She says she picked up the creature in Mendocino County at about 2 a.m. It is illegal to pick up a fawn and sell it online. David was arrested at the sting on an unrelated war- rant for failure to appear in a prior drug case. She was released on bail later in the day. The fawn is in good health and remains at a re- habilitation facility. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Officials: Woman caught a deer, tried to sell it online The Associated Press FREMONT The body of a man accused of wounding two California police offi- cers has been found inside a home that caught fire af- ter police tear-gassed the place in an effort to force him out of the residence, officials said Thursday. Fremont police said it was not immediately known if Gerald Villabrille Jr., 44, died from the fire or gunshot wounds sustained during the initial shooting. Police said Villabrille lived in San Jose and had a crim- inal record, but declined to provide further details. No one else was injured in the fire at the Fremont home. Theman'sbodywasfound Thursday morning after an overnight standoff that started when the suspect shot the locks off a door to a vacanthomeandbarricaded himselfinsideovernight,Fre- mont police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said. The officers from the Fremont Police Depart- ment were shot Wednes- day afternoon after a traf- fic stop turned violent, prompting a manhunt that involved a house-to- house search that lasted well into the night, Alam- eda County Sheriff's Of- fice Sgt. Ray Kelly said. Fremont is about 40 miles south of San Francisco. One officer remains in critical condition. The sec- ond officer is in stable con- dition, Bosques said. Their names have not been re- leased. The incident started when the suspect backed into an officer's patrol car and a person inside the white pickup truck fired shots that injured the of- ficer. The shooter and an- other suspect then ran away, Kelly said. Shortly after that offi- cers from several law en- forcement agencies flooded the area and searching got underway. A while later, a Fremont police officer with about 10 years of service with the department was wounded in a shootout with the sus- pect, officials said. BAY AREA Po li ce : Su sp ec t de ad following shooting of cops By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Energy leaders from countries that pump out 75 percent of the world's climate- changing emissions talked Thursday on the nitty- gritty of putting last year's Paris climate accord into action, including funding the needed global technol- ogy overhaul. The annual gathering of energy leaders repre- senting 23 countries and the European Commission was one of their first since December, when heads of 195 countries committed to a deal meant to limit fossil-fuel pollution that is making global weather hotter and more extreme. With the world already about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-indus- trial times, nations have committed to limiting warming to another de- gree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) from now, half that if possible. Convened up the road from Silicon Valley, the session was part cheer- ing session for the clean- energy investment and successes so far, part dire warning for the work yet to be done. "The urgency of this threat keeps growing," President Barack Obama said in a videotaped mes- sage for the energy offi- cials of China, India and other countries in the Clean-Energy Ministerial, a global energy-leaders fo- rum meant to push reduc- tions in carbon emissions. "The Paris agreement has to go into force as soon as possible." The United States and China both have signed but not yet ratified the cli- mate accord. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and oth- ers pointed to the poten- tial miracles of the mun- dane — like more energy- efficient air conditioners for the 8.5 billion sweaty, crowded residents that Earth will hold in 2030. That change alone would save the annual outputs of thousands of power plants, energy experts said. With 2016 on pace to follow 2015 as the warm- est years on record, how- ever, "don't think you've got a handle on it. Because you don't," California Gov. Jerry Brown warned the international political and business leaders and tech- nology mavens. As much as the world needs cleaner-burning gear, Brown said, it also needs a grim coming-to- terms with what he said should be a World War II- style mobilization to cut carbon pollution. PARIS ACCORD Energy leaders look to nitty-gritty of climate pact TEHAMACOUNTYHASBEENAWARDEDFEDERALFUNDS UNDER TH E E MERGENCY FOOD AND SHEL TER NA TIONAL BOARD PROGRAM. Tehama County has been chosen to receive $34,656 in funding to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the area. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from The Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic Charities, USA, National council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and the United Way of America which will provide the administrative staff and function as fiscal agent. The Board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas around the country. A local Board made up of representatives of the Tehama County Board of Supervisors, United Way, Catholic Charities, Red Cross, Red Bluff Ministerial Associations, Community Action, the Tehama County Department of Social Services and the homeless will determine how the funds will be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service organizations in the area, focusing on the needs of emergency food and emergency housing in the County. The Local Board is responsible for recommending agencies to receive these funds and any additional funds available under this phase of the program. Under the terms of the grant from the National Board, local governmental or private voluntary organizations chosen to receive funds must: 1) be non-profit, 2) have an accounting system and conduct an annual audit, 3) practice non-discrimination, 4) have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs, and 5) if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board. Qualifying organizations are urged to apply. Applications for funding may be picked up at the Dept. of Social Services, 310 So. Main St. in Red Bluff from the Tehama County Community Action Agency or be obtained at the Tehama County Community Action website, www.tehamacountycaa.org. The application and required attachments must be received by the Tehama County Community Action Agency at 310 So. Main St. no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 24th, 2016. Emailed copies will not be accepted. 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