A 911 recording indicates police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, quickly received the name and description of the accused shooter just after a professor was fatally shot this week
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students, faculty and family hold a candlelight vigil, Friday, Aug 30, 2023, in Chapel Hill, N.C., in honor of professor Zijie Yan who was shot and killed on campus on Monday. RALEIGH, N.C. — — Police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where a professor was fatally shot on a college campus this week, received information on the suspect's identity within minutes of the gunfire, according to a recording of the 911 call.
Police said they arrested Tailei Qi, 34, of Chapel Hill, without force off campus less than two hours after the shooting.with first-degree murder and a weapons count and jailed without bond. Yan was Qi's faculty adviser and Qi worked with Yan's research group. UNC Police Chief Brian James said earlier this week that a 911 caller reported gunfire around 1 p.m. Monday at Caudill Labs, which was Yan's primary work location. Qi was not at the building when officers arrived soon after, James said.
The caller then described what the suspect was wearing and said “I saw him leaving the building” in the direction of another laboratory facility next door.Police later released a photo of what they called a “person of interest."
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