Frat boys at Southern College in Louisiana lied to police about how a 20-year-old pledge and beloved marching band member collapsed and died throughout a violent off-campus hazing ritual, in line with a report.
Omega Psi Phi fraternity brothers initially advised Baton Rouge police that junior Caleb Wilson collapsed abruptly throughout an early morning ritual at a public park on Feb. 21 — nevertheless Wilson truly had a seizure after he was punched within the chest in a neighborhood warehouse, sources with data of the investigation advised WFAB.
Wilson, a trumpeter with the college’s famend Human Jukebox marching band, was amongst 9 pledges lined up on the unsanctioned ritual the place every was compelled to take punches to the chest, sources advised the outlet.
Wilson took a blow, collapsed to the warehouse ground and started to have a seizure.
He was rushed to Baton Rouge Common Hospital, the place he died at 3:15 a.m.
Afterward, members of the fraternity secretly gathered and allegedly concocted the story about Wilson collapsing in North Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Park — when in actuality not one of the college students taking part had stepped foot within the park that evening, sources advised the outlet.
Hospital employees contacted Baton Rouge police in regards to the loss of life who then launched an investigation.
A number of individuals are liable for Wilson’s loss of life — however with various levels of culpability, WFAB’s investigative sources stated.
A explanation for loss of life was not instantly decided following an post-mortem and additional testing is underway.
In response to Wilson’s loss of life, Southern College officers put applied a ban membership consumption on for all fraternities, sororities and scholar golf equipment.
Southern College stated in a letter to the college neighborhood on Tuesday “hazing is a violation of the University’s rules and regulations as well as Louisiana law, and it will not be tolerated in any form.”
“We support punishment to the fullest extent of the law for anyone committing an act of violence that impedes a student from safely and successfully matriculating at Southern,” the college added.
