Wheelock College student pleads not guilty in Regis College slaying

Judge Gregory C. Flynn ordered Daniel, who was arrested this morning at his dorm at Wheelock College, held without bail.

Daniel faces charges of murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, and armed assault with the intent to murder.

A 22-year-old friend of Ndiaye's was injured in the attack last Friday. Neither attended Regis, police said.

At about 3:50 a.m. on Sept. 24, Weston police and firefighters responded to the Regis campus for reports of a stabbing. Officers found the victim suffering from a stab wound in a campus parking lot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The second victim was treated and released from a hospital, Middlesex County prosecutors said in a statement.

A police report filed in the case said a woman from Regis and other Regis students had been at a Somerville club where they met five men from Waltham, including Ndiaye. The students returned to Regis at 2 a.m. and met the five men. At some point, the woman contacted three men from Wheelock College, including Daniel.

The two groups of men argued at the college and an altercation ensued. At one point, the men from Wheelock left the Regis dorm, but they were followed outside to the parking lot by the men from Waltham, the report said. Daniel allegedly stabbed another man several times before a witness was able to separate them. Daniel allegedly then stabbed Ndiaye, who was armed with a tire iron.

Ndiaye was stabbed once in the chest, but it pierced his heart and liver and the wound was fatal, the report said.

“This is another tragic example of the deadly consequences that too oftentimes occur when young people resort to weapons as a way to settle disputes,” Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said in a statement.

“Because of the alleged violent actions of this defendant, a young life was lost and his family’s lives altered forever. We continue to expand our efforts in schools to include colleges and universities in Middlesex County, as the issues such as these that we see in high school do not disappear when students go off to college. In fact, the freedom that college provides often exacerbates such issues.”

Regis College issued a statement saying it was "appreciative of the expeditious action" of law enforcement officials. The college said that since the slaying, security had been stepped up and campus access was being closely monitored. The college will also also conduct a comprehensive "threat and vulnerability assessment" to see if its safety practices and procedures need to be modified, the statement said.