Suspects charged with murder in USC grad student killings [Full story coverage]

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The reward sign for the USC murder case showed at the press conference announcing the arrest of suspects.

The USC graduate students fatally shot less than a mile from campus were killed in what officials are calling a botched robbery. On Monday, two men -- 20-year-old Bryan Barnes and 19-year-old Javier Bolden -- were charged in the April 11 slayings of Ying Wu and Ming Qu. Both suspects face capital murder charges that could result in the death penalty. The victims, Chinese electrical engineering students, were shot as they sat inside of a vehicle in the West Adams neighborhood.

Story coverage:

• Suspects charged with capital murder for deaths of 2 USC grad students
• LAPD arrests 2 suspects in murder of 2 USC international students
• Victims of USC shooting death vilified online
• Parents of the 2 Chinese grad students killed near campus sue USC
• Memorial service held for slain USC students
• USC officials discuss safety with Chinese students following murders
• Parents of Chinese students killed near USC file suit against the school
• USC responds to murder of 2 students from China, tries to reassure students, parents of safety
• 2 USC students from China shot to death in West Adams area
• Man, woman shot and killed near USC
• 2 USC students shot to death near campus

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