berkeley σπ killed in town-gown dustup

A Los Angeles Times article sheds light on a new angle in a much publicized death in the Bay Area: Chris Wootton, an honors student and Sigma Pi at the University of California at Berkeley, was stabbed to death on Saturday following some sort of altercation; while Andrew Thomas Hoeft-Edenfield, a student at Berkeley City College, was reportedly present at the dustup and was arrested shortly thereafter “in connection with Wootton’s death.” The Times piece highlights the often frayed relations between Berkeleyans unaffiliated with the university living in the “flatlands” below the campus and the fraternities lining the border between the two, observing that “young people from the Berkeley flats and nearby Oakland have been drawn to the party scene of fraternity row.” Meanwhile, Edenfield’s father is quoted saying that “fraternities look down their noses at anyone from the flatlands.” Exactly what sparked the fatal fight remains unclear.