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Bryan Barnes, Javier Bolden Catch Possible Death Penalty Case in USC Murders

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Ying Wu and Ming Qu.
Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, were charged today with capital murder in connection with the shooting deaths of USC students Ming Qu and Ying Wu on the early rainy morning of April 11. The slayings, about a mile from campus, shocked the school and inspired the students' parents to sue USC for allegedly portraying the university as being safer than it is.

A special circumstance of "multiple murders and murder during commission of a robbery" means the duo would be eligible for the death penalty if they're convicted, according to a statement from the L.A. County District Attorney's office.

The pair was scheduled ...


... to be arraigned this afternoon.

Barnes and Bolden were also charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a 20-year-old man at a South L.A. party Dec. 3.

In another case, Barnes is charged with attempted murder and assault with a semiautomatic gun after he allegedly opened fire at a South L.A. party Feb. 12, injuring a man and woman in their 20s.

Cops said shell casings from the USC murders match those of the Feb. 12 party shooting, according to the D.A.'s office.

Barnes was reportedly suspected of pulling the trigger about 1 a.m. in the 2700 block of Raymond Avenue as the duo allegedly tried to rob the 23-year-old USC engineering students.

Reports indicated that a cellphone signal from a device taken during the crime led to one of the suspects.

The two were arrested Friday.

According to the LAPD:

Immediately following Barnes' [South L.A.] arrest, the arrest teams boarded two awaiting helicopters and flew out to the City of Palmdale, where the second location was under surveillance by additional members from LAPD. The teams hit the ground around 7:30 p.m. and soon, surrounded and called out the second of the two murder suspects, Javier Bolden, a 19 year-old resident of Palmdale. Bolden was taken into custody without incident and transported back to Los Angeles where he too was booked for murder.

[@dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]


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Jdolla905
Jdolla905

All these people talkin bout kill javier n shit wen they dont kno shit that happen .... ikno javier personally and ikno he wouldnt do shit like that plus he have a kid come on now they just wanted 2 put some niggas n jail

bbold2
bbold2

Boil the two black bastards in oil.  Then serve the remains to hyenas after we castrate them.

Dkelak
Dkelak

Why niggers like to prey on whites and Asians, particularly the Chinese? Reason one because they are industrious people who work hard for their achievements, and niggers are jealous. Reason two because they are easy for these nigger animals to prey on.

gust
gust

 before i came US my dad told me .there r no poor people in the US ,,

ONLY lazy people !..

Nichelle Williams
Nichelle Williams

Javier was and still is a good guy , with a good head on his shoulders and although he is associated with Bryan that doesn't mean he'd be the one.  People hear stories like this and automattically assume the worst of people without actually looking from the inside out.. If you knew him as a person then you'd really know what he's capable of doing and I for one DON'T believe he would do a thing like this. And for all those who put dirt on a name of a stranger deserve exactly what you wish upon him, that's passing judgement and I'm sure if you were in his shoes you'd hate the things being said right now.. so think before you speak ill on others because KARMA is real and she will pay her dues to you one day!

anonymous
anonymous

There's a thing called accessory to a crime which makes you guilty if you don't report a crime in progress.  If Barnes did it, and Bolden saw it, and then didn't turn Barnes in, then Bolden's guilty of being an accessory.  The punishment won't be as rough, but it'll be something.  It's a double murder, so there's two sentences.  I hope he learns his lesson, and stop being so fucked up or  hang out with crazy people.

 

This message isn't really for you Ms. Williams.  It's for all the kids out there who hang with troublemakers, gangsters, and thieves.  Once you see the crime, you're pulled in.  So the only way out if you're lucky is to not hang out with the criminal, no matter how fun or wild the ride is.  Stay the fuck away.  You can only be put down as a "snitch" if you know what happened.

bbold2
bbold2

 I think we should castrate both of them.  How's that for Karma?

Itsryandoooeee
Itsryandoooeee

You all may seem like these 2 dudes need to die because of what you heard about them. Javier Bolden is my BROTHER ! You idiots don't know him like I do , believe it or not that last time I talked to him , he kept saying he is going to do everything in his power to change himself, & I didn't believe him , he has came sooooo far , to graduate high school , get custody of his daughter Maliah, and get a job and enroll in college, all of that wasn't a front that he was putting on , he means what the hell he said that last time ! He may seem to y'all that he's a monster but NO ! I refuse to let these damn wack authoties do this shit to him! He doesn't deserve this ! A death penalty? Really? WTF you mean : "it was a hate crime"? If you don't knock it off ! Man go to hell ! I will take that death penalty for him ! And how dare yoouu call hm a punk ! Do you even know this dude? No so kill that niose down there , obviously yoou have nothing better to do buut sit at home or where ever youare and beat on yo lil keyboard and talkshit you can't back up ! Kicck rocks with that! Get your facts straight asshole !

anonymous
anonymous

You're not doing him any favors by going off like this, all crazy, in public.

ekin
ekin

1st i wanna say i have no prob with american african! but why most crime by black, even black people only like 25% of population of US ,i realllllllly dont understand why they killed those to INNOCENT lives only for a little money !! 

Tee22
Tee22

i know javie didnt do it, he has a good heart, i swear this is a hate crime,if he wa another race they would of let him go, with no questions asked

ekin
ekin like.author.displayName 1 Like

wait a sec/....what u mean he has a "good" heart ! then WTF he was doing when his friend was shooting them  die watching ? enjoying to watch his friend shooting 2 lifes die INSTEAD stop him or change that killer's mind?     so i guess JAVIE didnt do it ,but he was watching the whole thing .,!!!omfg cant belive ya !

Brian
Brian

Yeah, we know him as a killer. That's enough. A cold blooded murder. He deserves to die. Are you going to follow his footsteps?

Parkdogspice
Parkdogspice

Ima miss you you will always be my first love

kill these punks
kill these punks

I agree they deserve to die, kill them quickly they are using up good oxygen the rest of us need. and for all you who dont believe in the Death penalty, kiss my a--

Itsryandoooeee
Itsryandoooeee

You all may seem like these 2 dudes need to die because of what you heard about them. Javier Bolden is my BROTHER ! You idiots don't know him like I do , believe it or not that last time I talked to him , he kept saying he is going to do everything in his power to change himself, & I didn't believe him , he has came sooooo far , to graduate high school , get custody of his daughter Maliah, and get a job and enroll in college, all of that wasn't a front that he was putting on , he means what the hell he said that last time ! He may seem to y'all that he's a monster but NO ! I refuse to let these damn wack authoties do this shit to him! He doesn't deserve this ! A death penalty? Really? WTF you mean : "it was a hate crime"? If you don't knock it off ! Man go to hell ! I will take that death penalty for him ! And how dare yoouu call hm a punk ! Do you even know this dude? No so kill that niose down there , obviously yoou have nothing better to do buut sit at home or where ever youare and beat on yo lil keyboard and talkshit you can't back up ! Kicck rocks with that! Get your facts straight asshole !

Gg_rack_em
Gg_rack_em

 Your brother is going to become a "punk" unfortunately.  You kill people you go to prison and get raped and die.  What a waste of life.  Your mother should never have had children.

Irelandkid
Irelandkid

People don't have to personally know this trash to judge him. He killed TWO ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT promising lives. It is even not enough to make up the loss of two intelligent innocent people by killing this monster. I don't care if he would kill some other innocent people (maybe he would) or not. The damage has been done. He has to take the responsibility! 

Do you consider going to high school is a lifetime achievement?? The two victims were graduate students for GOD sick. You are a joke!

Nichelle Williams
Nichelle Williams

You are the joke, you all are for the sake of having a one-sided point of view on a matter that has nothing to do with you, you're sitting here saying if someone you were close to committed a crime right now you'd be saying the EXACT same shit you are right now? or would you try to make strangers who know nothing about that person understand smh think of how families even yourself would feel before you call people out of there names

Brian
Brian

Hate crime. They deserve to die

Nichelle Williams
Nichelle Williams

And you deserve to put yourself in ones shoes and see how they feel before you pass judgement my friend ! :)

Bob
Bob

What's with the media blackout of pictures of these 2 thugs? Only the LA Times is publishing pictures.

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