2 USC students from China fatally shot off campus

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9. LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/05/18/la_police_2_arrests_in_chinese_student_killings/

LOS ANGELES—Two young men have were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot to death near the University of Southern California campus last month, police said.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Javier Bolden, 19, and Bryan Barnes, 20, were arrested on suspicion of the murders. Barnes was arrested at a home near campus Friday afternoon, and Bolden was arrested a few hours later in Palmdale, Beck said. Both were being held without bail.

Ming Qu, of Jilin, and Ying Wu, of Hunan, were shot April 11 while sitting in a BMW about a mile away from the USC campus. Both students were 23 years old.

The motive was still under investigation, Beck said, but the "evidence points to a street robbery."