The group of Southern College and A&M School simply acquired a tough begin to Spring Break 2025 with the latest dying of a 20-year-old scholar who died following his involvement in an off-campus fraternity ritual underneath Omega Psi Phi.
Louisiana native Caleb Wilson, additionally a member of the college’s famend Human Jukebox marching band, was acknowledged in a public assertion made at this time (Feb 27) by Southern College Chancellor John Ok. Pierre. Learn it in full beneath:
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Check out extra particulars on the incident that result in Wilson’s dying, through Baton Rouge’s WAFB:
“Wilson was unresponsive when a gaggle of buddies introduced him to Baton Rouge Normal Hospital on Bluebonnet Boulevard early Thursday morning, Feb. 27.
The group had been at North Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Park previous to being delivered to the hospital, investigators stated.
Hospital workers pronounced the coed useless and known as Baton Rouge Police at 3:15 a.m., triggering a dying investigation.
The Southern College Division of Pupil Affairs issued an announcement placing an indefinite pause to all membership actions on campus together with fraternities, sororities, and scholar golf equipment. This pause will stay in impact till additional discover.”
The investigation remains to be in its early levels and is predicted to be dealt with delicately being that Wilson’s father served for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Workplace, having retired as a sergeant simply final yr after three-and-a-half a long time on the job. An official assertion from the JPSO reads, “Dep. Wilson’s dedication to public service has continued with him at present serving in our Reserve Division. The JPSO stands in assist of Dep. Wilson and his household. We ask that their privateness be revered as they mourn this unimaginable loss.“
We ship our deepest condolences to all who knew Caleb Wilson, particularly his Human Jukebox band household. See them in-action beneath final summer season on the 2024 HBCU Nationwide Battle of the Bands: