Student stabs, kills University of Southern California professor, police say
Source: CNN
(CNN)A student fatally stabbed University of Southern California psychology professor Friday, police said.
The professor, identified as Bosco Tjan in a letter released by the university, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Los Angeles Police Department.
The incident happened in the Seeley G. Mudd building on campus, the letter said.
The suspect has been taken into custody and transported to a local police station, LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar told CNN affiliate KABC.
Police say they believe the suspect targeted Tjan and used a knife to attack him.
Tjan has been affiliated with the university since 2001 and holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Minnesota.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/03/us/california-usc-professor-stabbing/index.html
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)Really wound up group
edit: Maybe I'm wrong as the professor had his PhD in comp sci but apparently was a professor of psychology ... not sure how that works out
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)I wonder if he was a Pschology 101 student getting his basic classes done?
romanic
(2,841 posts)Terrible.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)sarisataka
(18,773 posts)of comments, especially from certain quarters.
Just like earlier this week when all the outrage against campus violence vanished when the initial reports were found to be inaccurate.
Sad that a murder of a professor by a student only matters if done in a certain way.