Tibet Ergül biography: 13 things about Arizona State University alum from Turkey

Tibet Ergül attended Arizona State University in Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. His mother Gerda Agim Ergül is from Göktürk, Istanbul, Turkey.

From 1978 to 1991, Gerda competed as a track and field athlete for the national team of Albania. She owns Gerda Pilates, a Pilates studio based in Balboa Island, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA and incorporated on January 20, 2015.

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From Turkey, Tibet moved to California for high school. He is 2 years younger than his friend Chance Brannon of San Juan Capistrano, Orange County.

Tibet is a resident of Irvine, Orange County. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. From September 2015 to June 2019, he attended Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach.
2. From June 2018 to July 2018, he studied computer science at the University of California, Irvine‘s Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
3. From January 2019 to May 2023, he studied biochemistry and molecular biology at Arizona State University.
4. From May 2021 to August 2021, he was an apprentice mechanic at Sigma Auto Repair in Huntington Beach, Orange County. In June 2021, he visited Julian, San Diego County, California.
5. From September 2021 to January 2023, he was an Arizona State University research assistant.
6. From 9:17 p.m. to 9:28 p.m. on March 12, 2022, Brannon was in the vicinity of his residence in Irvine. At 9:22 p.m., Brannon called him.
7. At around 12:55 a.m. on March 13, 2022, he and Brannon allegedly attacked a healthcare clinic in Costa Mesa, Orange County, which is operated by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, by igniting and throwing a Molotov cocktail at the entrance of the clinic.
8. On March 14, 2022, he sent a text message to a friend to take credit for the fire on March 13, 2022. On January 19, 2023, the Federal Bureau of Investigation offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspects responsible for the fire. On April 3, 2023, the friend contacted the FBI.
9. In June 2022, he took to Instagram to share photos of a 2014 Subaru Forester bearing California license plate, which was registered to his mother.
10. On October 21, 2022, he was arrested in Tempe for aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal damage. He allegedly punched his roommate in the nose and breaking the doorknob so she could not leave their shared apartment. He agreed to participate in a deferred prosecution program and the charges were suspended.
11. In February 2023, he joined SMK Logistics in Huntington Beach as an Amazon delivery driver.
12. In April 2023, he visited Pala, San Diego County.
13. He was 21 years old while Brannon was an active-duty U.S. Marines Corps corporal when they were arrested without incident on June 14, 2023 by special agents with the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. They were each charged with using an explosive or fire to damage real property affecting interstate commerce.