Twelve former band members from Florida A&M University are being charged with manslaughter for the 2011 hazing death of a drum major.
DETAILS: New Evidence! Was FAMU Band Member Beaten With His Own Drum Sticks?
Last May, 10 of the band members were charged with a felony for hazing and killing 26-year-old Robert Champion. The two others that were charged were defendants.
Champion died in November 2011 after he collapsed following a savage beating during a hazing ritual. The incident occurred on a bus parked in a hotel parking lot after the FAMU and Bethune-Cookman annual football game.
DETAILS: New Evidence! Was FAMU Band Member Beaten With His Own Drum Sticks?
Authorities said the victim had bruises on his chest, arms, shoulder and back and died of internal bleeding.
This story is developing.
SOURCE: MiamiHerald
