Important Takeaways:
- According to police at 12:54 p.m. on Wednesday, the university issued an emergency notification warning of an armed and dangerous person on or near campus.
- The campus was placed on lockdown, and police officers swarmed the area. In the chaos, several students ran out of their buildings, seeking safety.
- The incident sent students and staff scrambling for cover as emergency sirens blared, waiting for more information.
- “We could have watched that man die and then been next,” Agnoli said. “It’s a lot to take in.”
- Mickel Deonte Harris, the man sought in connection with the incident, was arrested around 2:45 p.m.
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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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