UNC-Chapel Hill Shooting: Victim Identified, Suspect Charged

Tailei Qi, a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been charged with first-degree murder in the on-campus shooting of Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences. Yan, who served as Qi's academic advisor, was shot in the Caudill Labs building, prompting a campus-wide shutdown and manhunt. The investigation is ongoing, and it is unclear what the motive for the shooting was. Qi had expressed frustration on social media about his work, colleagues, and principal investigator, but it is not confirmed if Yan was the subject of these posts.