A University of Southern California student is accused of stabbing and killing a homeless man after catching him breaking into a car on the school’s Greek Street side Monday night, police said.
Ivan Gallegos, 19, confronted the man in the parking lot of an off-campus housing building around 8:15 p.m., pulled out a knife and stabbed him. The Los Angeles Police Department revealed this.
The homeless man, whose identity has not been released, died at the scene.
Authorities said Gallegos, a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, remained at the scene and was arrested.
The boy reportedly told police he attacked the homeless man because he had a gun.
sauce He told the Los Angeles Times. However, no firearm was found at the scene.
Gallegos, who just completed his second year of college, is a top student pursuing a degree in business administration at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.
He was profiled by USC’s Annenberg Media last month and spoke about his passion for music and the tough upbringing he had in East Los Angeles that inspired him to strive to become a first-generation Latino college student.
“Throughout his childhood, Ivan navigated the realities of both his parents’ involvement in gang activity and intermittent incarceration.” That’s what the report said.
“Despite growing up in an environment rife with drugs, gangs and prostitution, he focused on music and honed his skills to become a versatile instrumentalist and vocalist.”
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The woman who runs the Delta Tau Delta fraternity Check with ABC 7 Gallegos is a member.
USC did not immediately respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.
Gallegos is being held on $2 million bail. District attorney’s office has not filed any charges against him.
