UNC Chapel Hill PhD student charged with killing his academic adviser | News

An associate professor of physical sciences who was shot and killed in a lab at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill on 28 August, has been identified as Zijie Yan. A second year PhD student in his research group, Tailei Qi, has been charged with his murder. Qi has also been charged with possession of a firearm on educational property, which is a Class I felony in North Carolina, and is being held without bail.

At a press conference on 28 August, UNC police chief Brian James confirmed that Yan was the only fatality, and that no other injuries had been reported. He added that…