Suspected hazing death of New York student ruled a homicide

(Reuters) – The death of a New York college student from brain trauma in a suspected fraternity hazing incident in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in December was a homicide, a county coroner said on Saturday. Chun “Michael” Deng, a freshman at Baruch College in Manhattan, died of injuries inflicted by one or more persons, the definition of homicide, said William Lisman, coroner of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Deng, 19, had traveled with about 30 people to Tunkhannock Township, Pennsylvania, about 75 miles from New York City, for the weekend and took part in a pledging ritual for the fraternity Pi Delta Psi, authorities said shortly after his December death. E. David Christine Jr, district attorney for Monroe County, said in December that Deng “got tackled too many times” during a hazing incident and that criminal investigators were seeking the identities of people responsible for Deng’s injuries.