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Suspect ID'd in fatal USC stabbing
A student rides his skateboard past an entrance to the University of Southern California (USC) campus in Los Angeles on April 11, 2012.
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The USC campus is reeling after the fatal stabbing of a professor on campus Friday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Bosco Tjan, a psychology professor who had taught at the university since 2001.
A fellow professor told our media partner, NBC4, "It's very scary, and it's just sad. I mean, obviously, my thoughts are with his family."
The suspect in the stabbing has been identified as 28-year-old David Jonathan Brown, the LAPD says. The attack occurred on the University Park Campus in the Seeley G. Mudd building. Police said they received the call at 4:35 p.m.
Brown, a USC student, is being held on $1 million bail pending a murder charge.
Although details of the motive weren't released, Los Angeles Police officer Meghan Aguilar says Tjan was specifically targeted and that the attack wasn't random, reports AP.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias issued a letter to the university community that reads, in part: "As the Trojan Family mourns Professor Tjan's untimely passing, we will keep his family in our thoughts."
A campus remembrance for Tjan is planned for Monday.
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