UCLA Shooting: Gunman 'Kill List' Featured Wife, Two Professors

Mainak Sarkar, an Indian American, who shot dead his former college professor at the University of California Los Angeles or UCLA on Wednesday, had another person in his 'kill list' who was none other than his wife, authorities said on Thursday.

According to Hindustan Times, the 38-year-old IIT Kharagpur graduate first killed his wife Ashley Hasti and then went on a 2,000 miles (3,220-kilometer) journey to Los Angeles where he shot his former professor William Klug and then turned the gun to himself.

Hennepin County Communications Officer Carolyn Marinan said Sarkar married Hasti on June 14, 2011. However, it remains unclear if they were still married at the time of their deaths.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters that they found a "kill list" while searching Sarkar's St. Paul, Minnesota, home. The "kill list" included the name of his wife Hasti, University of California Los Angeles professor William Klug and another professor at the school, who was not harmed.

"We believe he went there to kill two faculty of UCLA," Beck said, according to Indian Express. "He was only able to locate one. The second member was off campus."

According to a March blog post written by Sarkar, his former professor Klug had stolen computer code from him and given it to someone else. This was the reason that he apparently developed a grudge against him.

 "William Klug, UCLA professor, is not the kind of person when you think of a professor. He is a very sick person. I urge every new student coming to UCLA to stay away from this guy," Sarkar wrote in his blog post, reported Fox News.

 "He made me really sick. Your enemy is my enemy. But your friend can do a lot more harm. Be careful about whom you trust."

Talking about the incident, UCLA Professor Charles Knobler said those who knew Klug are in complete shock. He described the professor as a very lively, lovable, likable guy.

Sarkar earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from U.C.L.A. in 2013. He got his master's degree from Stanford University and also studied aerospace engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, where he graduated in 2000.