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Santa Monica College Student Killed in San Francisco over PlayStation 4

The suspect is now in police custody.

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A 22-year-old Santa Monica College student was killed in San Francisco on Sunday while trying to sell a PlayStation 4, the San Francisco Examiner reports.

Ikenna Uwakah was home for the Thanksgiving holiday, according to his brother, Obinna, the Examiner reports.

Uwakah had arranged to meet the suspect, who is now in San Francisco police custody, in San Francisco’s Bayview district. He was shot before he even got out of his car and died a short time later at San Francisco General Hospital, according to the Examiner.

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