Man sentenced to life in prison for USC killings

Javier Bolden was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shootings of Ming Qu and Ying Wu.



A follow up on this tragic case... On Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the 22-year-old man convicted of killing two USC students from China was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

USC double murder: 22-year-old gets life in prison

Last month, a jury found Javier Bolden guilty on two counts of first-degree murder for his role in the April 11, 2012 shooting of Ming Qu and Ying Wu, graduate engineering students who were shot during botched robbery while sitting in a double-parked car near the University of Southern California campus.

Bolden reportedly showed no remorse during the sentencing hearing:

Man found guilty in shooting deaths of two USC students

This week in Los Angeles, a man was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2012 shooting deaths of two Chinese graduate students during a robbery near the University of Southern California.

Man Convicted in Shooting Deaths of 2 USC Students

22-year-old Javier Bolden was found guilty in the April 2012 shooting of Ming Qu and Ying Wu, engineering students from China, who were "ambushed" and killed while sitting in a parked car near campus.

Bolden was charged with two counts of murder and special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder during the commission of a robbery in the deaths. An accomplice, Bryan Barnes, pleaded guilty in February to first-degree murder charges, and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole.

During the six-day trial, some of the most damning evidence was recorded phone conversation between Bolden and Barnes, who discussed the time they "ran up on them little Asian people."

Suspects arrested in murder of USC graduate students

On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department announced the arrest of two suspects in the fatal shooting of two University of Southern California graduate students that made international news last month.

2 are held in slayings of USC grad students.

20-year-old Bryan Barnes and 19-year-old Javier Bolden were arrested in connection to the murders of Ying Wu and Ming Qu, 23-year-old graduate students from China. The two were murdered April 11 while sitting in a car about a mile from campus.

Reward offered in killing of USC students

In Los Angeles, police have announced a $125,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered USC graduate students Ming Qu and Ying Wu.

Reward offered for leads in USC killings.

According to investigators, their murders may have been a robbery gone wrong, noting that some of their property is missing. According to witnesses, the assailant was a person in dark clothing who got away in an dark-colored car:

Two USC graduate students murdered near campus

Some shocking news out of the Los Angelesl, where two students were shot and killed during a possible attempted robbery near the University of Southern California campus early Wednesday morning.

One slain USC student was shot in head, police say

Ying Wu and Ming Qu, both 23-year-old electrical engineering graduate students from China, are believed to have been talking inside a car after a late-night study session when they were approached by the killer. Both were found fatally shot: