USC Students Shot

Two USC students were shot in their parked BMW about a mile away from the campus. These students were 23-year-old Ying Wu and Ming Qu, engineering students. Bryan Barnes, their killer, was sentence life in prison but his codefendant ijs yet to be sentenced. After the killer was sentenced the students' parents called on USC to pay restitution and set up a scholarship in memory of these young students. A police officer and insurance salesman flew in from China to demand the death pendently, but that did not happen. The families have begun to accept the results but they are, "delighted that a killer was captured and convicted."  The parents asked USC for $200,000 refund for the tuition they had already paid, as well as $200,000 in rewards that the university and city officials promised in exchange for information. This money will be used for scholarships that help Chinese students pay their high school tuition in China. During a conference Wanzhi Qu said, "Fathers always wish for the best for their children. But our children will never return. Our dreams will never come back." He also thanked the Chinese community of LA for all their support. What the Qu and Wu families are asking for is not much, it is nothing compared to what they have lost. This is their way of closure, they should be given that much after such a terrible chapter in their lives. 

- Frank Shyong
- February 6, 2014
- http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-victims-parents-usc-20140206,0,4316260.story#axzz2saolF8ad