USC student arrested in stabbing death of homeless man

>> A 19 YEAR-OLD USC STUDENT ACCUSED OF MURDER IS NOW BEING HELD ON 2 MILLION DOLLARS BAIL IVAN GO SAYS HE ACTED OUT OF SELF-DEFENSE IN THE FATAL STABBING OF A HOMELESS MAN BREAKING INTO A CAR. KTLA IS JEAN KING IS LIVE IN UNIVERSITY PARK WITH SOME NEW INFORMATION. JEANNE GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING, ERIC AND JESSICA A LOT OF STUDENTS I'VE TALKED TO SAY THEY ARE IN SHOCK. THEY ARE JUST STUNNED AND THEY SAY THAT IVAN GOES HAD A PROMISING BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM UNTIL NOW HE LIVED WITH HIS FRIENDS AT THIS FRATERNITY HOUSE USC'S GREEK ROW NOW THAT NEW INFORMATION OFFICIALS JUST IDENTIFIED THE DEADLY STABBING VICTIM AS 27 YEAR-OLD XAVIER SURF. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO IN THIS INSTAGRAM CLIP. YOU SEE I THINK IT GOES A 19 YEAR-OLD USC STUDENT WHO IS BEHIND BARS UNDER SUSPICION OF MURDER WITH A MASSIVE 2 MILLION DOLLAR BAIL. HE SAYS HE'S FROM EAST LA BOYLE HEIGHTS. DETECTIVES SAY GOES INTO FRIENDS REPORTEDLY WITNESSED A 27 YEAR-OLD HOMELESS MAN BURGLARIZING CARS AT GREEK ROW THAT WAS ON MONDAY NIGHT AND ALLEGEDLY GOES CONFRONTED THAT MAN WITH A KNIFE WHICH THEN ENDED UNFORTUNATELY IN A DEADLY STABBING. POLICE SAY THE 19 YEAR-OLD CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE AND TOLD OFFICERS THE HOMELESS MAN CLAIMED THAT HE HAD A GUN. BUT LATER LA PD DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION SAID NO GUN WAS RECOVERED THEY COULD ALSO HAVE SOME TELLING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THESE FRAT HOUSES, MANY WHO LIVE AT GREEK ROW SAY THEY HAVE COMPLAINED OVER CRIME HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND ONGOING BREAK-INS INTO THEIR FAT HOUSES AND CARS WHILE A HOUSEKEEPER FOR THE DELTA DELTA FRATERNITY HOUSE WHERE GALLEGOS LIVED SAYS EVERYONE IS REALLY SHOCKED AND SCARED FOR HIM. >> WHEN A LOT OF THE STUFF. >> OCCURS I THINK REPETITIVE LEAVING YOU HAVE STUDENTS WHO. >> WANT TO BE A LOT MORE PROACTIVE THEY'RE UPSET CONCERNED THEY'RE SAD. THEY'RE. >> WORRIED IT IS TRAGIC LIKE I SAY THE BOTH FAMILIES. >> GOES HAS NO PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD AND REMAINED AT THE SCENE VERY CO-OPERATIVE WITH THOSE POLICE OFFICERS, HIS 2 FRIENDS WERE NOT ARRESTED. THEIR FRIEND HOUSES AT THE 700 BLOCK OF 28TH STREET. NOW IT IS LINKED IN PAGE. IT SAYS GUY IT GOES IS A FIRST GENERATION PROUD COLLEGE STUDENT SITTING BUSINESS IN MUSIC. ALSO PART OF THE LATINO BUSINESS STUDENT ASSOCIATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. APPEARS HE HAD A LOT GOING ON FOR HIM INTERNING AT DELL RECORDS AND JUST LAST MONTH USC ANNENBERG MEDIA INTERVIEWED BY A GOES ABOUT HIS MUSIC CAREER GOING BY THE ARTIST'S NAME I D THE ARTICLE SAYS BOTH OF HIS PARENTS PREVIOUSLY HAD QUOTE INVOLVEMENT GANG ACTIVITIES LEADING TO THEIR INTERMITTENT INCARCERATION. BUT DESPITE THAT ROUGH CHILDHOOD HE FOCUS ON SCHOOL DOING WHILE FOR OTHERS VOLUNTEERING AND PERFORMING AS A SINGER PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER. NOW THERE'S THIS LAST PIECE OF VIDEO GUY AGO SAYS THE EVENT COORDINATOR FOR THE USC MARIACHI BAND SAYS HE'S BEEN PLAYING SINCE HE WAS ONLY 9 YEARS OLD AND LOVED ONES HAVE SINCE SET UP A GOFUNDME PAGE JUST YESTERDAY SEEKING JUSTICE NOW BACK OUT HERE LIVE. WE HAVE APPROACHED THIS FRAT HOUSE AND THIS MORNING. THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY VERY QUIET. THIS MORNING. BUT A LOT OF STUDENTS STILL TELLING ME OFF CAMERA THAT HE A REALLY BRIGHT STUDENT AND I DID REACH OUT TO HIS MOTHER. THIS MORNING SHE COULD NOT DO AN INTERVIEW HOWEVER SHE SAYS HE WAS A GOOD KID AND AS OF RIGHT NOW BEFORE I SEND IT BACK TO YOU WE KNOW THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS NOT

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Length: 3min 47sec (227 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 19 2024