UNC shooting: Person of Interest in custody after hours-long manhunt

UNC Shooting

Important Takeaways:

  • North Carolina university shooting victim is identified as academic advisor who worked with Wuhan-educated gunman on his physics PhD course – as suspect is charged with first-degree murder
  • UNC grad student Tailei Qi has been charged for first degree murder over Monday’s shooting at the campus
  • His academic advisor Zijie Yan was shot dead in the shooting
  • Qi and Yan wrote several academic papers together over the last years
  • The shooting sent the UNC-Chapel Hill campus into lockdown.
  • During a press conference on Monday evening, investigators said that they had not yet discovered a motive behind the shooting.
  • But a series of concerning social media posts have been unearthed, in which Qi complained about his UNC colleagues and slammed bullies at the school.
  • The graduate student previously studied at Wuhan University in 2015, and was studying at the Department of Applied Physical Sciences.

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