Zijie Yan.Photo:UNC Chapel Hill
UNC Chapel Hill
A UNC-Chapel Hillprofessor who was murderedin his office in August was shot seven times.
Grad student Tailei Qi, 34, was charged in the killing of Zijie Yan, who was an associate professor at UNC’s Department of Applied Physical Sciences.
Qi was charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting, which happened inside one of the North Carolina campus’s science labs on Aug. 28, UNC Police said in a statement previously provided to PEOPLE.
According to an autopsy report, Yan suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including to the head, face, neck, left arm, chest, and abdomen,ABC News,Fox 8andCBS 17report. He also reportedly had graze wounds to the right upper arm, left hand and left forearm.
Suspect Tailei Qi.Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty
The campus was put into lockdown following the shooting. PEOPLE previously reported that UNC Police hadissued an alertstating that there was an “armed and dangerous person on or near campus.”
PerThe New York Times, Qi was a grad student in the same department and Yan was his faculty adviser, according to Qi’s UNC biographical page, which has since been deleted.
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“The wounds of this tragedy will not heal quickly,” the statement read in part. “[Yan] was a beloved colleague, mentor and friend to many on our campus. My leadership team and I have met with his colleagues and family to express our condolences on behalf of our campus. Please join me in thinking and praying for his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”
Per the email, Yan had been working at the university since 2019.
source: people.com
