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Palmdale teen arrested for Chinese student killings

by K. Enrique • May 18, 2012

Palmdale teen Javier Bolden was arrested Friday in connection with the murder of Chinese graduate students Ying Wu (left) and Ming Qu (right).

LOS ANGELES – A 19-year-old Palmdale man was one of two arrested Friday for the murder of two Chinese graduate students last month near the University of Southern California, according to authorities.

Javier Bolden was reportedly arrested around 7:30 p.m. in Palmdale on suspicion of murder. Bryan Barnes, 20, of Los Angeles was arrested three hours earlier.

Both men are being held in connection with the double murder of electrical engineering students Ming Qu and Ying Wu from China.

Qu and Wu, both 23, were shot to death around 1 a.m.  on April 11 as they sat in a BMW about a mile away from the USC campus.

Qu reportedly ran from the vehicle to seek help from neighbors before collapsing on the porch of a nearby residence.  Wu was reportedly found shot dead in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.

Javier and Barnes are not documented gang members but are believed to have gang affiliations, according to Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck.

Officials suspect the killings were the result of a street robbery and were part of a string of crimes the two men allegedly committed in Los Angeles.

The men are being held without bail and are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday.

Forensic evidence found at the scene linked the murders to two attempted homicides in Los Angeles, which led to the two arrests, Beck said at a news conference Friday.

The city of Los Angeles had offered a $75,000 reward for information on the shootings, in addition to the $125,000 reward that was offered by USC.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

42 comments for "Palmdale teen arrested for Chinese student killings"

  1. Abdul Majeed Askia says

    May 21, 2012 at 11:56 am

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  2. The AV Times Staff says

    May 21, 2012 at 11:34 am

    We were contacted today by someone close to this incident, who was shocked and dismayed by the nature of the comments on this story. We sincerely apologize for the role we played in allowing these comments to continue.

    Out of respect for the two young students who lost their lives to violence, we have removed all comments that have nothing to do with the topic at hand.

    In the future, we ask that you please keep your comments on topic. If you absolutely must get something off your chest that does not pertain to the news story, please take the comment to the “Speak Out!” section.

    Thank you for helping us to keep this forum running in an orderly fashion.

    • really says

      May 21, 2012 at 5:12 pm

      I feel horrible for the families involved. This was truly a tragedy. With that being said none of the comments painted either victim in a negative light. And removing comments because the conversation may turn away from the original story sounds a bit like censorship, especially when none were vulgar in nature. Does this mean that you only allow commentary if it is in line with your websites views or opinions? So if anyone featured on this website calls they can have comments removed? You may want to go through every story you have done and apply the same rules. Otherwise it might be a bad precedent if you begin picking and choosing which stories comments get censored….

      • S. Parker says

        May 21, 2012 at 5:28 pm

        I have to agree with AV Times on this one. This thread had turned into an Abdul Askia sideshow! I’m happy to see that Adbul’s angry rantings were finally reigned in… I say delete Abdul’s braggadocious comments from every story!! Sorry, off topic.

        I do truly feel bad for the co-eds though, especially for the family. Imagine having your daughter that far away, and then getting that phone call in the middle of the night… It would send me crazy! Hopefully they caught the real perpetrators and the charges stick. So who gets the $200K reward then?

  3. Abdul Majeed Askia says

    May 21, 2012 at 11:23 am

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  4. Abdul Majeed Askia says

    May 19, 2012 at 8:49 pm

    We need good community relations.

    • S. Parker says

      May 19, 2012 at 9:20 pm

      What community relations??!! Do you not get that two young people were savagely MURDERED in cold blood?? Those monsters responsible were taken off the streets, and rightfully so! What does community relations have to do with it? There is no relating to heartless cold-blooded murderers!!! Give it a rest Abdul!! Sheesh!

      • Abdul Majeed Askia says

        May 19, 2012 at 9:51 pm

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      • Abdul Majeed Askia says

        May 19, 2012 at 10:10 pm

        GOO COMMUNITY RELATIONS RESOLVES CONFLICT AND PREVENTS
        CRIMES.ABDULASKIA@YAHOO.COM

  5. Yo says

    May 19, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Once again, two highly productive, motivated, educated people were savagely murdered by two ghetto beasts.

    This is like the Reid Keeth murder redux.

    These ghetto beasts beat, rob and kill people for no other reason than their sick hatred and “you owe me” mentality. I am sure the ghetto beasts thought that these two Asian grad students from USC “owed” them something too.

    On the bright side, it is getting harder and harder for these ghetto beasts to commit crime as Los Angeles County becomes more and more of a total Police State and our level of surveillance and intelligence rises.

    It’s a shame that good, productive people like these USC grad students and Reid Keith had to be senseless casualties along the way.

    • Abdul Majeed Askia says

      May 19, 2012 at 3:02 pm

      It is horrible that you would exploit the tragic death of these two lovely people and offend their families to agitate race relations!
      The extent that some people will go for selfish motivations.
      abdulaskia@yahoo.com

      • Yo says

        May 19, 2012 at 3:05 pm

        Got news for you pal…race relations are already highly “agitated” because of these senseless acts. And, of course, instead of condemning the ghetto beasts yourself, you rush to their side and come after me. How TYPICAL!!!!!!!!!!

        • Abdul Majeed Askia says

          May 19, 2012 at 8:30 pm

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      • really says

        May 19, 2012 at 4:40 pm

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        • Abdul Majeed Askia says

          May 19, 2012 at 8:09 pm

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          • really says

            May 19, 2012 at 9:43 pm

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          • Abdul Majeed Askia says

            May 19, 2012 at 10:01 pm

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          • really says

            May 19, 2012 at 10:45 pm

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          • Abdul Majeed Askia says

            May 19, 2012 at 10:07 pm

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          • really says

            May 19, 2012 at 10:48 pm

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          • . says

            May 21, 2012 at 6:22 am

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          • Abdul Majeed Askia says

            May 21, 2012 at 6:54 am

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          • really says

            May 21, 2012 at 8:59 am

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          • Abdul Majeed Askia says

            May 21, 2012 at 10:23 am

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          • nacho mama says

            May 21, 2012 at 10:33 am

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    • Abdul Majeed Askia says

      May 19, 2012 at 8:38 pm

      Again, it is a shame that you use these two beautiful people who
      have lost their lives to promote racial animosity! And of course
      you use your hidden identity to divide americans and it is
      clear that your implcations are not in reference to crime but
      to black people ingeneral. I am sure the federal investigaters
      on this post can detect the level of sickness and attempts to
      agitate and promote racial conflict!!! Sir. We are not in the
      dark ages, this is the information age,meaning people are more
      enlighten!
      National public speaker/national motivation to inspire humanity
      to rise above shallow definitions of self and come into the bright
      light of respect for life across racial and cultural lines.

      national public speaker
      abdulaskia@yahoo.com

      • Yo says

        May 20, 2012 at 12:08 am

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        • Abdul Majeed Askia says

          May 20, 2012 at 8:05 am

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  6. Hate8 Section8 says

    May 19, 2012 at 7:29 am

    Go figure…the POS came from Gettolope Valley!

    • Hate8 Section8 says

      May 19, 2012 at 7:33 am

      *Ghettolope Valley*

      • Abdul Majeed Askia says

        May 19, 2012 at 8:46 pm

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        • Abdul Majeed Askia says

          May 21, 2012 at 4:17 am

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        • Abdul Majeed Askia says

          May 21, 2012 at 4:57 am

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        • Abdul Majeed Askia says

          May 21, 2012 at 6:34 am

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          • really says

            May 21, 2012 at 10:02 am

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          • Abdul Majeed Askia says

            May 21, 2012 at 10:44 am

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  7. Gladdis says

    May 19, 2012 at 1:33 am

    Good Police work. Catching these guys was nothing short of a miracle!

    • ed says

      May 19, 2012 at 8:43 pm

      Gladdis you are absolutely correct. Good police work should be recognized.

      • Abdul Majeed Askia says

        May 21, 2012 at 11:04 am

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    • Stinger says

      May 19, 2012 at 9:04 pm

      Dittos.

      • Abdul Majeed Askia says

        May 21, 2012 at 10:47 am

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          May 21, 2012 at 11:54 am

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