Articles Tagged ‘homicide’

Vigilante cop doesn’t deserve admiration

By Sarah Cueva · Daily Trojan

February 19, 2013 at 7:34 pm

Vigilante cop doesn’t deserve admiration

After six bloody days in which four people were killed, former Los Angeles Police Department officer and accused murderer Christopher Jordan Dorner’s body burned in a cabin in Big Bear. It’s quite difficult to pick just one insane moment from his murderous rampage: Was it his merciless killing of an LAPD officer’s daughter and her [...]

Read the rest of this article »

Chicago violence deserves media attention as well

By Matthew Tinoco · Daily Trojan

February 10, 2013 at 3:39 pm

It’s been nearly two months since the events of the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place. Since then, those across all forms of media have dissected the story from every possible angle — composing and recomposing the narrative of events so as to help make sense of such a vile and surreal act. [...]

Read the rest of this article »

Suspects arrested for the deaths of USC graduate students

By Daniel Rothberg · Daily Trojan

May 18, 2012 at 9:17 pm

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested two men Friday afternoon believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting of two international graduate students in April, LAPD Detective David Garrido said. Garrido said the suspects, who are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, are Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19. Though the suspects, who are being held [...]

Read the rest of this article »

Parents of shooting victims file suit against USC

By Daniel Rothberg · Daily Trojan

May 17, 2012 at 9:04 pm

USC will move to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of two international graduate students who were fatally shot off campus last month, according to a statement released on behalf of the university. The 15-page suit filed Wednesday states that the university makes false assertions about safety Ming Qu and Ying Wu, [...]

Read the rest of this article »

City Council offers $75,000 reward for info

By Chloe Stepney · Daily Trojan

April 17, 2012 at 10:03 pm

City Council offers $75,000 reward for info

Michael L. Jackson said the reward confirms the city’s commitment to catching the suspect.

Read the rest of this article »

USC tragedy demands unity, not division

April 15, 2012 at 5:10 pm

On Wednesday, graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu were fatally shot in front of Wu’s residence west of campus. The university has delivered a heartwarming response to the shooting. But varying community responses have also highlighted campus divisions. Wu and Qu were international students from China — and that fact has received more attention [...]

Read the rest of this article »

In Photos: LAPD/USC press conference

April 13, 2012 at 8:23 pm

In Photos: LAPD/USC press conference

LAPD and USC held a press conference Friday to announce a $125, 000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects responsible for the deaths of graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu. The LAPD deputy chief, USC administrators, and Wu’s host mother spoke at the conference.     [...]

Read the rest of this article »

Victims’ families will travel to Los Angeles

By Melissa Caskey · Daily Trojan

April 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm

Victims’ families will travel to Los Angeles

The families of two international graduate students who were fatally shot have been granted visas to travel from China to the United States, said Michael Jackson, vice president for student affairs. Jackson said the parents and some extended family members of both victims should arrive within the next several days. The director of the Viterbi [...]

Read the rest of this article »

USC offers $125,000 reward

By Giovanni Osorio · Daily Trojan

April 12, 2012 at 3:15 pm

The Los Angeles Police Department announced Thursday that USC will offer a $125,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of those found guilty of the murder of two USC graduate students. Ying Wu and Ming Qu, second-year electrical engineering graduate students, were fatally shot Wednesday morning. LAPD will hold a press conference Friday [...]

Read the rest of this article »

Detectives continue searching for clues, leads in double homicide

By Melissa Caskey · Daily Trojan

April 12, 2012 at 9:45 am

Detectives found no signs of struggle at the scene where Ming Qu and Ying Wu were shot and killed early Wednesday morning, LAPD Supervising Detective Sal LaBarbera said. LaBarbera said Qu got out of the vehicle to seek help after he and Wu were shot. Officers found Qu collapsed on the front porch of Wu’s [...]

Read the rest of this article »

More News

  Daily Trojan Spring Awakening Supplement

Blogs

Daily Trojan Poll

Which headliner did you enjoy most at Springfest?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Archives

June 2013
S M T W T F S
« May    
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  

Browse Archives

News

’SC computer breaks tech speed record

USC’s newest supercomputer has ranked as the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the U.S., reaching 531.6 teraflops, or floating-point calculations per second, according to USC ...

Former Dornsife professor added to FBI Wanted list

Former USC professor Walter Lee Williams was named the 500th person on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted List on Monday. [caption id="attachment_67373" align="alignright" width="225"] ...

Roundup

The following incidents were reported in the USC Dept. of Public Safety Daily Incident Log between Monday, June 10, and Tuesday, June 11.  Crimes against a ...

Opinion

Gov’t needs clear policy to access data

As people spend more time with computers, their reliance on websites and Internet service providers grow. And yet, the government’s ability to monitor these technologies ...

Whistle-blower program needed for internships

A Federal District Court judge in Manhattan ruled last Tuesday that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal law by not paying production interns on the ...

Students must continue work on USChange

Many members of the USC community voiced their concern following the May 4 incident in which the Los Angeles Police Department shut down a party ...

Sports

USC football APR scores still below national average

Last week, the NCAA announced the Academic Progress Rate multi year scores that cover the four-year period between the 2008-09 and 2011-12 academic years, and ...

USC names Ron Allice’s replacement

For 15 years, Caryl Smith Gilbert has been molding champion track and field athletes and leaders east of the Mississippi. Beginning next season, however, she ...

Nellum earns another top distinction

USC senior Bryshon Nellum, who closed out his USC career with an NCAA championship in the 400 meter last week in Oregon, was named the ...

Lifestyle

Summer recipes bound to relax and chill

With the official start of summer just around the corner and a glimpse of those long, hot L.A. days bound to overwhelm us, it’s the ...

Event celebrates LA’s Chinese culture, history

Chinatown Summer Nights has mastered the blend of L.A.’s trendiest music and marketplaces with the historic cultural neighborhood in the program’s fourth season. Alight with ...

Tech world gravitates to City of Angels

Hopping onto the tech bandwagon is no easy feat these days. The competition that goes on in Silicon Valley for bright engineers and marketing superstars ...

Photos

In Photos: Washington comes to USC

In Photos: Washington comes to USC

The Schwarzenegger Institute held an immigration reform forum titled "Washington comes to USC", with U.S Senators John McCain, Michael Bennet and former President of Mexico ...

In Photos: Armenian Genocide

Photos by Ani Kolangian [gallery link="file" ids="66554,66555,66556,66557,66558,66559,66560,66561,66562"]

In Photos: Springfest 2013

Photos by Priyanka Patel. [gallery link="file" ids="65587,65586,65585,65584,65583,65582,65581,65580,65579,65578,65577,65576"]