BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- The family of a Southern University student who died in a hazing incident in Baton Rouge filed a lawsuit against Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., on Friday.

The civil lawsuit was filed in the 19th Judicial District Court. Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts was assigned to the case.

Wilson died at the age of 20 in a hazing incident off Southern's campus in February. He was reportedly punched in the chest four times while in an unsanctioned pledging ritual at a warehouse.

Police arrested Caleb McCray, Kyle Thurman and Isaiah Smith in connection with Wilson's death. Omega Psi Phi expelled all three from the fraternity after they were taken into custody.

Southern University expelled the Omega Psi Phi fraternity from its campus in July, and later over the su

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