UNC-Chapel Hill shooter: Who is the suspect in the UNC-Chapel Hill shooting?

Professor Zijie Yan has been confirmed as the faculty casualty in the deadly shooting that shut down the UNC-Chapel Hill campus on Monday. According to a university website, he was the academic adviser of suspect Tailei Qi.

Yan worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, specializing in nanoscience technology.

Qi, a second-year Ph.D. student who was arrested after the incident on Monday, had been working closely with Yan’s research group at UNC since early 2022. According to police, the event occurred on campus in a lab.

Yan and Qi have recently co-authored publications on the influence of light on nanoparticles.

UNC-Chapel Hill shooter: Who is the suspect in the UNC-Chapel Hill shooting?

Associate Professor Zijie Yan was identified as the victim in a fatal shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Your Content has learned.

The assailant, graduate student Tailei Qi, has been apprehended by authorities. The campus was placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure.

The incident occurred on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, a public research university in North Carolina. The campus police received reports of an active shooter situation and immediately responded, placing the university on lockdown.