A shooting incident occurred in the church of the University of North Carolina, causing a faculty to die. A Dr. China was arrested and was charged with murder.
According to the US CNN (CNN), the main suspect of the North Carolina University Church Mountains, the main suspect, Tailei Qi (transliteration) on Tuesday (August 29) was officially accused of one levelThe crime of murder and illegally held weapons on campus.
Regional prosecutor Jeff Nieman said Qi Tailei is a Chinese citizen and holds a US visa.
The victim of the shooting was Zijie Yan (transliteration). He is an associate professor of the Department of Applied Physics and has been working at the University of North Carolina since 2019.
According to the official website of the Church of the University of North Carolina University, at 1:2:00 on Monday (28th) local time, the campus police received a notice saying that the school's Caudill Laboratories) The shooting occurred, and the suspect Qi Tailei was arrested at about 2:30 pm.After being locked for more than three hours, the campus was locked at 4:14 pm to return to normal activities.
"We hope to ensure that all evidence is collected to determine what happened here today and why." The local police director said at a press conference on Monday night, "the motivation for the shooting of the shooting is now determinedIt's too early. "
Qi Tailei's leading account shows that he graduated from Wuhan University in 2015, studied at Louisiana State University, and obtained a master's degree in materials science in 2021.Doctoral students at the University of North Carolina University Church Mountain.
According to the personal introduction page of the University of North Carolina, Qi Tailei, he is a graduate student of the Department of Physics and Yan Zijie is his mentor.The current page has been deleted.North Carolina Police Director confirmed on Tuesday that the two knew each other.
If the charges are established, Qi Tailei will face the minimum lifelong imprisonment of murder charges. It must not be parole, and the maximum two -year imprisonment of weapon charges.In North Carolina, the highest punishment for the first -level murder was the death penalty, but the prosecutor Niman said he would not seek the death penalty.