Bryan Barnes, Accused of USC Murders, Claims UCLA Allegiance: Party Crew Tied to Suspects

By Dennis Romero Wed., May 23 2012 at 6:30 AM

Bryan Barnes / Facebook

Update: Bryan Barnes was just a wannabe, not a real student at UCLA. Officials there say his UCLA claims are false. See next page.

One of the suspects accused of killing two USC grad students last month says on his Facebook page that he attends arch-rival school UCLA.

Bryan Barnes says he attends UCLA and that he was scheduled to graduate with the class of 2014. This comes as the Los Angeles Times reported that he and suspect Javier Bolden were affiliated with a party crew called "No Respect Inc." that they promoted on their Facebook pages.

In fact, the two were tied to ...

... shooting a man at a Dec. 3 party in South L.A., according to charges filed by the District Attorney's office. Barnes was charged solo for another party shooting Feb. 12 in South L.A.

Bryan Barnes / Facebook

'Me N Javiie At Da Hotel Function!!!'

LAPD Deputy Chief Pat Gannon told the paper that shell casings from both attacks matched those found at the scene of the April 11 shooting deaths of Ming Qu and Ying Wu about a mile from campus. Both victims were 23.

Prosecutors say the homicide was committed during a robbery. Detectives reportedly tracked a signal from a stolen cellphone to one of the suspects.

On Facebook Barnes calls himself Bryan NoRespect Barnes. He says he's from Los Angeles and Compton and that he graduated from Jordan High School near Watts.

His page includes at least one flyer for a No Respect party crew:

Bryan Barnes / Facebook

Fox 11 News said last night that No Respect was one of the groups that organized events it covered as part of a series on underground parties and nitrous oxide-dealing it has been airing this spring.

Party crews often organize house events and even underground raves. In some cases they act as quasi gangs, and some even evolved into gangs in the 1990s.

Cops told the Times that although the duo flashed Black P Stones gang signs, the two were not active gangsters.

Rather they're described as party boys who like to post photos of girls on their social media pages.

If convicted of the murders with the special circumstance of robbery the duo could be eligible for the death penalty.

[Update at 11:41 p.m.]: A UCLA spokesman says there's no record of Barnes ever having attended UCLA, so it's just a claim.

Maybe Barnes just likes the football team.

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Tags:

Bryan Barnes, Facebook, homicide, Javier Bolden, Ming Qu, party crews, UCLA, USC murder, Ying Wu

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John R. Largent

Just another poor uneducated black boy with little future and less brains, they are in LA by the thousands, many only surviving with a handgun. Join the NRA and learn to protect yourself. Again a waste of taxpayers money on a couple of very useless human beings.

Kayytoothabee

javier bolden didnt kill anyone, he isnt a killer. i know for a fact. thankyou

Tastemytacos

Agreed that is the further thing from his over all personality. To those who have a problem with the diction it reads "suspect" just previous about two weeks ago there where two other "suspects" arrested for this crime. Kind of odd how two are let go and two others are picked up shortly after. What hard core evidence do you collect after a rainy morning around somewhere such as USC?

Smithandsmith

lets see, they picked up shell casing, witnesses to another crime. look they most likely did it. though a jury would decide. and if you look at their Facebook account they keep some disgusting looking company.