USC student arrested in fatal stabbing near campus won't be charged, DA says
A University of Southern California student will not be charged in the fatal stabbing of a car burglary suspect near campus, prosecutors said Thursday.
A University of Southern California student will not be charged in the fatal stabbing of a car burglary suspect near campus, prosecutors said Thursday.
Ivan Gallegos, 19, of Los Angeles, was booked into jail on suspicion of murder early Tuesday and held on $2 million bail following the attack Monday night, police said.
The victim, Xavier Cerf, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene — an alley behind USC's Greek Row — shortly after the confrontation Monday evening, according to the DA's office and the county medical examiner.
Police investigate a stabbing along the University of Southern California's Greek Row in Los Angeles on Monday.NBC Los AngelesA charge evaluation worksheet produced by the DA's office concluded that Gallegos should not be charged, mainly because he was acting in self-defense after he and two others said they heard the man say he had a gun.
"We believe that Mr. Gallegos’s actions were driven by a genuine fear for his life and the lives of others," District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement Thursday.
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