20 year old Southern student dies during fraternity initiation
Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old student and member of Southern University’s renowned Human Jukebox marching band, passed away following an off-campus fraternity ritual.
According to reports, Caleb collapsed during the Omega Psi Phi fraternity ritual.
Wilson was unresponsive when a group of friends brought him to Baton Rouge General Hospital on Bluebonnet Boulevard early Thursday morning, Feb. 27.
The group had been at North Sherwood Forest Community Park prior to being brought to the hospital, investigators said.
Hospital staff pronounced the student dead and called Baton Rouge Police at 3:15 a.m., triggering a death investigation.
The student is from the New Orleans area and his father is high-ranking member of law enforcement in that area.