BAKERSFIELD, Calif., May 28 (UPI) -- Four people, including three students at Cal State Bakersfield, Calif., were arrested for a hazing incident that injured several students.
No charges have been filed in the case yet, but police said they are continuing their investigation, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
Arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, torture and conspiracy were Deandre Horn, a former student, and student Ryan Nichols, both 22.
Darlington Agu, 24, and Rickey Joy Jr., 20, were booked on suspicion of hazing and conspiracy. The students were suspended from school.
The incident came to light after a 25-year-old student was admitted to a local hospital with serious injuries. He later recovered.
Investigators alleged the four hazed students wanted to join the unsanctioned, predominately African-American, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Police said students were beaten and shot at close range with a pellet gun.
Kappa Alpha Psi's Western regional office said the organization at Cal State is not an official chapter of the fraternity.
