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Quackers

(2,256 posts)
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:36 AM Dec 2016

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

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Student stabs, kills University of Southern California professor, police say (Original Post) Quackers Dec 2016 OP
Knew it would be an engineer or computer science student GummyBearz Dec 2016 #1
That building appears to be in use for medical sciences, so Ilsa Dec 2016 #5
First OSU and now this. romanic Dec 2016 #2
Hopefully no knife was injured in the attack. oneshooter Dec 2016 #3
Think i know who that comment was for! 7962 Dec 2016 #4
This is proof that gun free zones work. oneshooter Dec 2016 #6
I can't help but notice the lack sarisataka Dec 2016 #8
stop trolling this story CreekDog Dec 2016 #10
His website FarCenter Dec 2016 #7
Suspect is David Jonathan Brown, 28. A psych grad student. mainer Dec 2016 #9
 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
1. Knew it would be an engineer or computer science student
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:48 AM
Dec 2016

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)
5. That building appears to be in use for medical sciences, so
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:15 AM
Dec 2016

I wonder if he was a Pschology 101 student getting his basic classes done?

sarisataka

(18,773 posts)
8. I can't help but notice the lack
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 01:54 PM
Dec 2016

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.

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