Arrests made in USC Slayings

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Joel Rubin and  Lisa Girion, 2 Are Held in Slayings of USC Grad Students; Signals from one victim's cellphone and shell casings led to the suspected gunman, police sources say. Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/loca ... c-shooting-20120519,0,6899632.story

(a) Quote:

(i) "Ballistics tests on shell casings recovered at the scene of the shooting show they were fired from the same gun used in two other shootings, police sources said.

"The sources said Barnes took a cellphone from one of the victims and detectives were able to locate him by tracking signals sent by the device.

"Authorities also identified a signal from a second cellphone in proximity to the victim's phone, they said.

"The second phone was identified as belonging to the suspect.

(ii) "The arrests came days after the parents of the slain students filed a wrongful death lawsuit against USC, saying the school misled them when it claimed that it ranks among the safest in the nation.

(c) "On Friday afternoon, one woman who witnessed Barnes' arrest from her front lawn said that at first, she thought she was watching the taping of a television police drama.

"'It was quiet, calm,' said the woman, who declined to give her name. 'We thought at first they were a crew filming "Southland."''

"They emerged soon after with a man in handcuffs, she said.

"The woman, who said she has lived on the block for years, said she did not recognize the man, who had a medium build and appeared to be in his early 20s.

(b) Note:
(i) Victorville, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorville,_California
(a city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardino County, California)

The distance between Victoville and Los Angeles is about 82 miles by Interstate 15.
(ii) Southland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southland
(Southland may refer to:
* Greater Los Angeles Area, the metropolitan region surrounding Los Angeles.
* Southland (TV series), an American police drama set in Los Angeles.)
(iii) Southland (TV series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southland_(TV_series)
(premiered on NBC on April 9, 2009; renewed for a ten-episode fifth season on May 4, 2012)