Man with ties to racist group charged in fatal university stabbing

WEBVTT THE THIRD, ANATIONAL TREASURE.SAYING, " IT'S A TRAGIC LOSS TOSEE HIM TAKEN AWAY IN THISMANNER."VIOLENCE ROBBING SECONDLIEUTENANT RICHARD COLLINS THETHIRD OF THE OPPORTUNITY TOGRADUATE FROM BOWIE STATEUNIVERSITY.POLICE SAY THE COLLINS WASVISITING FRIENDS AT THEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SATURDAY,WHEN SEAN URBANSKI APPROACHEDHIM AND STARTED YELLIN>> HE SAID TO THE VICTIM, "STEPLEFT IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FORYOU."THE VICTIM LOOKED AT HIMPUZZLED, WITH THE OTHER FRIENDSOF HIS, AND SAID, "NO."IT WAS THEN THAT HE WAS STABBEDIN THE CHEST.VANESSA: URBANSKI, ARRESTED ASHORT TIME LATER, IS CHARGEDWITH MURDER AND ASSAULT. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND POLICENOW SAY URBANSKI BELONGS TO ANALT-REICH GROUP ON FACEBOOK.>> THAT IT'S DESPICABLE, ITSHOWS EXTREME BIAS AGAINSTWOMEN, LATINOS, MEMBERS OF THEJEWISH FAITH, AND ESPECIALLYAFRICAN-AMERICANS.VANESSA: INVESTIGATORS,INCLUDING THE FBI, ARE LOOKINGFURTHER INTO THE UNIVERSITY OFMARYLAND STUDENT'S ONLINEACTIVITY.>> I DIDN'T SEE A SPECIFIC POSTFROM THE ACCUSED IN THIS CASE,HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THATIT'S NOT THERE AND DIGITALLYRECOVERABLE.>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT FORM THEASSISTANCE WILL BE IN, BUT WEARE HERE TO HELP THE POLICE WITHTHE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION INANY WAY.VANESSA: THE VICE PRESIDENT OFSTUDENT AFFAIRS AT BOWIE STATESAYS HATE HAS NO PLACE ON ACOLLEGE CAMPUS.>> THIS ALLEGED HATE CRIME, IWISH THAT WE COULD CALL ON THELEADERS OF THIS NATION TO DOWHATEVER THEY CAN TO ELIMINATEALL VESTIGES OF HATE.VANESSA: URBANSKI IS NOT CHARGEDWITH A HATE CRIME AT THIS POINT.BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY ISPLANNING A VIGIL TO HONORLIEUTENANT COLLINS.LIVE FROM COLLEGE PARK, VANESSA

A man with ties to a racist Facebook group has been charged in a fatal stabbing early Saturday on the University of Maryland-College Park campus, university police said.Police said officers were called on a report of an assault with a knife shortly after 3 a.m. on Regents Drive near Montgomery Hall. Police found the victim on a sidewalk suffering from serious injuries.Investigators say the victim, a Bowie State University student, was standing with two friends near a bus stop when the suspect approached and stabbed him. Police said the attack was unprovoked. The victim suffered serious wounds to his chest and died at Shock Trauma.Police identified the victim as Army 2nd Lt. Richard Wilbur Collins III, who was supposed to graduate Tuesday.We have spoken to the father of the victim, and our thoughts and prayers are with him and the entire family at this time," said Mickey Burnim, president of Bowie State University. Prince George's County police officers stopped a man on Regents Drive near Montgomery Hall who police said witnesses identified as the person who assaulted the victim. Police said the suspect, Sean Christopher Urbanski, 22, of Severna Park, is a University of Maryland student. He was charged with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree assault.Authorities said the FBI is now involved with the investigation, saying that Urbanski is a member of a Facebook group called Alt-Reich that police said shows extreme bias toward African-Americans. The FBI is providing technical assistance and will evaluate the totality of the circumstances before making a determination about whether this is a hate crime."Hate has no place in America. Hate has no place on a college campus," said Artie Lee Travis, vice president for Student Affairs at Bowie State University.Police said they believe Urbanski had been drinking before the incident.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. —

A man with ties to a racist Facebook group has been charged in a fatal stabbing early Saturday on the University of Maryland-College Park campus, university police said.

Police said officers were called on a report of an assault with a knife shortly after 3 a.m. on Regents Drive near Montgomery Hall. Police found the victim on a sidewalk suffering from serious injuries.

Investigators say the victim, a Bowie State University student, was standing with two friends near a bus stop when the suspect approached and stabbed him. Police said the attack was unprovoked. The victim suffered serious wounds to his chest and died at Shock Trauma.

Police identified the victim as Army 2nd Lt. Richard Wilbur Collins III, who was supposed to graduate Tuesday.

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Army 2nd Lt. Richard Wilbur Collins III

We have spoken to the father of the victim, and our thoughts and prayers are with him and the entire family at this time," said Mickey Burnim, president of Bowie State University.

Prince George's County police officers stopped a man on Regents Drive near Montgomery Hall who police said witnesses identified as the person who assaulted the victim.

Police said the suspect, Sean Christopher Urbanski, 22, of Severna Park, is a University of Maryland student. He was charged with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree assault.

Authorities said the FBI is now involved with the investigation, saying that Urbanski is a member of a Facebook group called Alt-Reich that police said shows extreme bias toward African-Americans. The FBI is providing technical assistance and will evaluate the totality of the circumstances before making a determination about whether this is a hate crime.

"Hate has no place in America. Hate has no place on a college campus," said Artie Lee Travis, vice president for Student Affairs at Bowie State University.

Police said they believe Urbanski had been drinking before the incident.

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