Sikh student stabbed to death in Washington State by ‘homicidal’ US student who was denied college admission

A 22-year-old Sikh software engineering student has been stabbed to death in his taxi allegedly by an American student who was upset over not getting admission into a university, media reports said.

Gagandeep Singh, a third-year student who was also working as a taxi driver, was allegedly attacked by the 19- year-old passenger he had picked up at Spokane International Airport in Washington State on August 28, NBC affiliate KHQ reported.

The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho identified the defendant as Jacob Coleman, who was charged with first- degree murder in the death of Singh.

Coleman is said to have flown from Seattle to Spokane to start as a new student at Gonzaga University in Spokane, but upon arrival he was denied entry, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.

But “he became angry and began to have homicidal thoughts,” police said, after claiming he was denied entry to Gonzaga University, a private Catholic school in Spokane.

The university said it “has no record of an application” from Coleman and that it was cooperating with law enforcement, the report said.

Coleman reportedly left, hailed a taxi and asked Singh to drive him to a fictitious friend’s house in Bonner County, Idaho.

Coleman later admitted …read more