12/3/16 5:30pm
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The USC professor who was fatally stabbed on the
school’s campus, allegedly by a student who is now in custody, had taught there
since 2001.
USC officials identified him as psychology professor Bosco Tjan, who was
married and had a son, according to media reports and a letter to the campus
community from USC President C.L. Max Nikias.
But his full name was Siaufung Tjan, 53, of Cerritos, according to Lt.
Dave Smith of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
His alleged assailant was identified as David Jonathan Brown of Los
Angeles, 28, according to Officer Mike Lopez of the LAPD’s Media Relations
Section.
Brown was arrested on suspicion of murder and his bail was set at $1
million, Lopez said.
Tjan was a training faculty member in the USC Neuroscience Graduate
Program. He was an expert on perception, vision and vision cognition and helped
found the USC Dornslife Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center, where he served
as co-director, USC officials said.
He received his doctorate in computer science from the University of
Minnesota.
The stabbing was reported at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Seeley G. Mudd
building in the 3600 block of McClintock Avenue, authorities said.
Tjan, who was stabbed in the chest, was pronounced dead at the scene,
according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The USC Department of Public Safety said Brown was arrested without
incident.
“This was not a random act of violence,” according to a statement
posted on the department’s website. “The Los Angeles Police Department
believes this was the result of a personal dispute.”
The university issued an alert to students warning of police activity at
the Mudd building, but made it clear there was no threat to the campus or
surrounding community, the alert stated.
People were nonetheless warned to avoid the area.
The killing occurred on the final day of classes before finals.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A man believed to be in his 20s was fatally stabbed
at USC today and a suspect was taken into custody.
The stabbing was reported about 4:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of
McClintock Avenue, according to Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison. The
victim was possibly a faculty member, Madison said.
Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said the man, who
was about 25, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No information was immediately released about the person in custody.
The university issued an alert to students warning of police activity at
the Seeley G. Mudd building.
There was no threat to the campus community, the alert stated, but
people were nonetheless warned to avoid the area.
