Murder Indictment In University Of Maryland Killing
Murder Charge For Man In Fatal Stabbing Of Black Student At University Of Maryland
The man who killed a promising 23-year-old Black student on the University of Maryland campus in May is facing a murder charge, reports CBS News.
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A grand jury indicted Sean Urbanski on one count of murder in the fatal stabbing of Richard Collins III, according to a statement released Thursday by theĀ Prince Georgeās County Office of the Stateās Attorney.
The death of 23-year-old Collins, a Bowie State University studentĀ commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, has been under FBI investigation as a hate crime. Urbanski, who is White and a 22-year-old University of Maryland student, was discovered to be part of a racist White Supremacist group on Facebook calledĀ Alt-Reich Nation.
Collins was killed at a campus bus stop on May 20, just three days before he was going to graduate from the historically Black college.Ā Prince Georgeās County Stateās Attorney Angela AlsobrooksĀ said her office is seeking a sentence of life without parole for Urbanski.
āThis was an unprovoked attack and we believe that Mr. Urbanski should face the highest possible penalty allowed by state law for his actions,ā said Alsobrooks, writes CBS.
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The FBI is analyzing digital equipment seized from Urbanski, and an investigation is expected to end within the coming weeks. Urbanski could still face hate crime charges in the future, reportsĀ NBC Washington.Ā Officials said that video of the entire encounter has been instrumental in the case.
The unprovoked killing sparked discussions about hate on college campuses across the nation. Collinsā father remembered his son as having a āloving and giving heartā in the days after the young manās death.
SOURCE: CBS News, The Associated Press,Ā NBC Washington
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