"Hoover's plan worked. Tensions between the Panthers and US reached a fever pitch in early 1969, and when the shootings occurred, they brought significant pressure to bear upon UCLA's special admissions programs; both victims were High Potential students, as were two of the three suspects taken into custody. Chancellor Young immediately reassured the campus community that the shootings would not impact the university's effort to integrate the student body, and issued a press release on the success and rigorous screening process of the High Potential Program. "UCLA is committed to such projects, some of them experimental in character, as are many other universities in the United States," Young explained in a statement. "The tragic events of last Friday have in no way diminished our resolve to offer broader educational opportunities on this campus. We are determined to go forward with what we have started in the conviction that it is necessary, that it is right and that it is just.""