{"id":2015466,"date":"2023-08-29T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graduate-student-charged-with-murder-in-killing-of-university-of-north-carolina-faculty-member\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:15:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:15:57","slug":"graduate-student-charged-with-murder-in-killing-of-university-of-north-carolina-faculty-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graduate-student-charged-with-murder-in-killing-of-university-of-north-carolina-faculty-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate student accused of murdering UNC faculty member."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraduate-student-charged-with-murder-in-killing-of-university-of-north-carolina-faculty-member%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>UNC Graduate Student Charged \u2063with \u2062First-Degree Murder in Fatal Shooting<\/h2>\n<p>CHAPEL HILL, \u200dN.C.\u2014In a shocking turn of events, a University of North Carolina graduate student has \u200cbeen charged with first-degree murder in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-man-bond-set-at-1m-following-alleged-murder\/\" title=\"Ohio man bond set at M following alleged murder\">fatal shooting<\/a> \u2063of a faculty\u2063 member. The \u2064incident caused a campus-wide\u200c lockdown as authorities searched for the gunman.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Tailei Qi, 34, is scheduled to appear in court later today for an initial hearing. He is accused of killing Zijie Yan inside a \u200dscience building on \u2062the Chapel Hill campus.\u2062 Qi \u2062is also facing charges of possessing \u2064a gun on educational property.<\/p>\n<p>Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the Department of Applied \u200bPhysical Sciences, was tragically killed in\u2064 the incident. Tailei Qi, listed as a graduate student in Mr. Yan&#8217;s research group, is now facing serious legal consequences.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/illinois-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-case-against-father-of-parade-shooting-suspect-5481828\">Illinois Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Father of Parade\u2062 Shooting Suspect<\/a> \u200c &#8211; 8\/29\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/police-shoot-suspect-with-knife-in-los-angeles-5482258\">Police\u200d Shoot Suspect With Knife in Los Angeles<\/a> &#8211; 8\/28\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The arrest of Tailei Qi took place \u200cduring a tense three-hour lockdown following the \u200cshooting. \u2063UNC Police Chief Brian James expressed relief at having the suspect in custody,\u200c as it provides an opportunity to uncover\u200d the motive behind the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded when \u200bcampus police received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graduate-student-charged-with-murder-in-killing-of-university-of-north-carolina-faculty-member\/\" title=\"Graduate student accused of murdering UNC faculty member.\">911 call \u200breporting shots fired<\/a> at Caudill Labs.\u200d Within minutes, an emergency alert was issued, and the campus went into\u200d lockdown. Students and faculty sought refuge \u2064in dorm rooms, bathrooms, classrooms, and other school facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responding to\u2064 the scene\u2064 discovered the fatally shot faculty member. With the help of witness information, the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gilgo-beach-murders-authorities-accelerated-case-as-suspect-monitored-the-investigation\/\" title=\"Authorities expedited the Gilgo Beach murder case while closely monitoring the suspect's involvement in the investigation.\">police \u2063apprehended<\/a> \u2064the suspect in\u200b a residential neighborhood near campus.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063lockdown was eventually lifted,\u2063 and no additional injuries were reported.\u2062 However, the tragedy\u200d has left the campus community\u2062 shaken.<\/p>\n<p>Zijie Yan, a highly\u2064 respected researcher, led \u200bthe Yan Research Group, which Tailei Qi joined last year. Yan had an impressive academic background, having earned\u200d his PhD in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and previously worked as an assistant professor \u2063at Clarkson University.<\/p>\n<p>Tailei Qi, originally from\u200c China, is a graduate student\u2064 in\u200c the department of applied physical sciences. His research focuses on nanoparticle synthesis and light-matter interaction. He\u200b moved to the U.S. \u200bafter completing his bachelor&#8217;s degree in physics at \u2064Wuhan University.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting has instilled fear within the university community,\u2062 coming just a week after students returned for the fall\u2063 semester. Clayton Ulm, a graduate student,\u200b described the panic and confusion that ensued as students were instructed to go into lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation \u200bcontinues, the UNC campus is left grappling with the devastating loss and the need to ensure the safety and \u2062trust that are\u200d integral to \u200dtheir community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC graduate student, Tailei Qi, has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of a faculty member, Zijie Yan. The incident led to a campus lockdown as authorities searched for the gunman. Qi, 34, is scheduled for an initial hearing in court later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2015467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}