Reward in double murder case
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April 15, 2012, Sunday
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AMERICAN police investigating the shooting deaths of two University of Southern California graduate students from China posted a US$125,000 reward on Friday for information that would help detectives solve the double murder.
Two days after Qu Ming and classmate Wu Ying, both 23, were shot while sitting in Qu's car in a residential neighborhood near the USC campus, homicide detectives were still piecing together clues to identify a suspect in their slaying.
Evidence suggested the pair were gunned down by a single assailant who approached the car, a 2003 BMW, as the victims sat talking in the vehicle at about 1am on Wednesday, after Qu had driven Wu back to the house where she rented a room.
The twin slayings sent shockwaves through USC, a private university in Los Angeles that boasts the largest number of international students of any American institution of higher education. That number totaled 8,615 last year, the largest portion of which, 1,951, were Chinese.
USC would pay the US$125,000 reward, police said.
Chen Zhunmin, Education Consul from the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, said the reward demonstrated USC's determination to bring the suspect to justice.
The parents and relatives of the victims were scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles last night, Chen said, quoting USC sources. Local Chinese scholars and students will help them during their stay in Los Angeles. The Chinese community is also sponsoring a fund-raiser, as the victims came from ordinary Chinese families, not rich families as some news reports claimed.
The murders sparked a debate over whether the school provided adequate security measures in areas adjacent to the campus where many students live. Police and university officials said violent crime in the area has diminished in recent years.
Two days after Qu Ming and classmate Wu Ying, both 23, were shot while sitting in Qu's car in a residential neighborhood near the USC campus, homicide detectives were still piecing together clues to identify a suspect in their slaying.
Evidence suggested the pair were gunned down by a single assailant who approached the car, a 2003 BMW, as the victims sat talking in the vehicle at about 1am on Wednesday, after Qu had driven Wu back to the house where she rented a room.
The twin slayings sent shockwaves through USC, a private university in Los Angeles that boasts the largest number of international students of any American institution of higher education. That number totaled 8,615 last year, the largest portion of which, 1,951, were Chinese.
USC would pay the US$125,000 reward, police said.
Chen Zhunmin, Education Consul from the Chinese Consulate General in Los Angeles, said the reward demonstrated USC's determination to bring the suspect to justice.
The parents and relatives of the victims were scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles last night, Chen said, quoting USC sources. Local Chinese scholars and students will help them during their stay in Los Angeles. The Chinese community is also sponsoring a fund-raiser, as the victims came from ordinary Chinese families, not rich families as some news reports claimed.
The murders sparked a debate over whether the school provided adequate security measures in areas adjacent to the campus where many students live. Police and university officials said violent crime in the area has diminished in recent years.
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