{"id":5340,"date":"2023-09-05T13:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:26:31","slug":"bombshell-revelation-university-of-north-carolina-shooter-studied-at-university-of-wuhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5340","title":{"rendered":"Bombshell revelation: University of North Carolina shooter studied at University of Wuhan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-5341\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>CHAPEL HILL, NC -A\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-02724-0\" target=\"_blank\">shooting<\/a>\u00a0at the University of North Carolina last week took the life of a nanoscience researcher, Zijie Yan. Faculty members and students described Yan as a beloved colleague and friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was a beloved colleague, mentor, and friend to many on our campus,\u201d University Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said. \u201cMy 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.\u201d Yan left behind two young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After police were notified, the campus went into lockdown. Shortly after, police arrested Tailei Qi, a Ph.D. student in Yan\u2019s lab, and charged him with first-degree murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the arrest, officials described Qi as an \u201cangry\u201d student dealing with \u201cmental health\u201d issues. However, independent journalist Andy Ngo found there is more to Qi\u2019s history than officials have thus far released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, a graduate student studying at the university\u2019s Department of Applied Physical Sciences, Qi obtained his undergraduate degree at Wuhan University in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Qi\u2019s arrest, several media outlets called him a \u201cmostly white Asian male.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qi\u2019s LinkedIn profile shows a mysterious lapse from when he studied in China, which stopped in 2019. In 2022, he surfaced as a graduate student at the University of North Carolina. It is unknown where or what he was doing then, but it will likely be explored in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the shooting occurred, Julian Rucker, a social psychologist at the university, said he was walking back from a research talk when he heard sirens and received text alerts about an active shooter. He and his colleagues sheltered in a laboratory until the lockdown was lifted. Rucker said he is trying to find a way to address the shooting with students the next time he meets them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFinding words to validate these experiences is already difficult, let alone something that hits even closer to home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNC held a moment of silence last Wednesday at 1:02 p.m., the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander Kabanov, a nanomedicine specialist at the university, took to X to profess his grief, \u201cWe are all profoundly saddened by the tragic loss of Professor Zijie Yan. Yesterday\u2019s events on our campus have left us all shaken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Cole Sorenson, a chemistry Ph.D. student at UNC, also posted on X, sharing a photo of a police officer with his gun drawn near his workstation in one of the school\u2019s labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday was a hard day in Chapel Hill,\u201d he wrote. The university returned to a regular class schedule on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police continue seeking a motive for the shooting. A Columbia University psychiatrist, Ragy Girgis, who has studied such killings, says it is difficult to drill down on patterns that could help to predict and prevent such incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/lawenforcementtoday.com\/unc-shooter-studied-at-university-of-wuhan\">https:\/\/lawenforcementtoday.com\/unc-shooter-studied-at-university-of-wuhan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL, NC -A\u00a0shooting\u00a0at the University of North Carolina last week took the life of a nanoscience researcher, Zijie Yan. Faculty members and students described Yan as a beloved colleague and friend. \u201cHe was a beloved colleague, mentor, and friend to many on our campus,\u201d University Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said. \u201cMy leadership team and I have met with his colleagues and family to express our condolences on behalf of our campus. 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