{"id":124906,"date":"2025-03-12T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/?p=124906"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:44:25","slug":"southern-university-student-killed-in-brutal-fraternity-hazing-three-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/southern-university-student-killed-in-brutal-fraternity-hazing-three-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern University Student Killed in Brutal Fraternity Hazing, Three Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Three men have been following the death of <strong>Caleb Wilson<\/strong>, a 20-year-old <strong>Southern University<\/strong> student, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/southern-university-fraternity-hazing-death-599e1dfd6a252e3021fabafde99bea2d\">The Associated Press.<\/a> Wilson, a junior mechanical engineering major and trumpet player in the university\u2019s renowned <em>Human Jukebox<\/em> marching band, reportedly died after suffering multiple blows to the chest with boxing gloves during an alleged <strong>Omega Psi Phi<\/strong> pledging ritual.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124915\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124915 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9815-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old Southern University student and talented trumpet player in the Human Jukebox marching band, tragically lost his life during an alleged Omega Psi Phi hazing ritual.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">The <strong>Baton Rouge Police Department<\/strong> has arrested the following individuals in connection with Wilson\u2019s death:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Caleb McCray, 23<\/strong>: A Southern University graduate, McCray faces manslaughter and criminal hazing charges. He is alleged to have delivered the fatal blows to Wilson during the initiation event.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124909\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124909\" src=\"http:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"489\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caleb McCray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Kyle Thurman, 25<\/strong>: Arrested in <strong>Port Allen, Louisiana<\/strong>, Thurman has been charged with felony criminal hazing after missing the deadline to surrender.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124911\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124911 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"831\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Thurman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Isaiah Smith, 28<\/strong>: Believed to have organized the hazing event at a warehouse owned by his father\u2019s flooring company, Smith has been charged with felony criminal hazing. He reportedly transported Wilson to the hospital and provided misleading information about the circumstances of his injuries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124910\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124910\" src=\"http:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9808.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"850\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaiah Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/man-charged-manslaughter-after-student-20-dies-in-off-campus-fraternity-hazing-incident-11693534?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">People.com<\/a> reported that the hazing incident occurred on February 21, when Wilson collapsed during the pledging activity. He was later taken to <strong>Baton Rouge General Hospital<\/strong>, where fraternity members initially claimed he had been injured in a basketball game. However, police investigations revealed that the event took place in a warehouse, contradicting these initial statements.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_124912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124912\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-124912 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/thencbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_9810-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caleb Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Following Wilson\u2019s death, <strong>Southern University<\/strong>\u00a0took action by suspending the Omega Psi Phi chapter and halting all fraternity and sorority pledging activities for the remainder of the academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three men have been following the death of Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old Southern University student, according to The Associated Press. Wilson, a junior mechanical engineering major and trumpet player in the university\u2019s renowned Human Jukebox marching band, reportedly died after suffering multiple blows to the chest with boxing gloves during an alleged Omega Psi Phi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5203,5158,5204,5205],"class_list":["post-124906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-news","tag-fraternity-hazing","tag-hazing-incident","tag-omega-psi-phi","tag-southern-university"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}