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Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building

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  1. Alphalpha_Particle
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    From this article on Mon 8/28: From the follow up article: I'm shocked a 1st degree murder to happen on a relatively elite school in an academic lab of all places. Advisor shot by their own grad...

    From this article on Mon 8/28:

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect.
    Police arrested the suspect over three hours after the initial reports of shots fired came in from Caudill Labs

    From the follow up article:

    Tailei Qi, 34, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder and having a gun on educational property in Monday’s killing of Zijie Yan inside a science building at the state’s flagship public university.

    I'm shocked a 1st degree murder to happen on a relatively elite school in an academic lab of all places. Advisor shot by their own grad student. Motive still unknown.

    16 votes
  2. [6]
    DefinitelyNotAFae
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    The UNC student newspaper, The Daily Tar heel has an emotional front page. I'm trying to find a pic link that doesn't go to Twitter/X but this article discusses it. It's a full page of texts sent...

    The UNC student newspaper, The Daily Tar heel has an emotional front page. I'm trying to find a pic link that doesn't go to Twitter/X but this article discusses it.

    It's a full page of texts sent to and from students during the lockdown

    12 votes
    1. [3]
      DefinitelyNotAFae
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      https://www.instagram.com/p/CwjdbGFMPZC/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
      7 votes
      1. [2]
        kfwyre
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        Mirror for those that want to avoid X and Meta. It reminds me of the Sunday Review cover for The New York Times after the Uvalde shooting.

        Mirror for those that want to avoid X and Meta.

        It reminds me of the Sunday Review cover for The New York Times after the Uvalde shooting.

        9 votes
        1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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          Thanks I was unable to find it posted elsewhere. And yeah very similar in impact while still being very different

          Thanks I was unable to find it posted elsewhere.

          And yeah very similar in impact while still being very different

          1 vote
    2. [2]
      intelati
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      Jesus. But effective

      Jesus.

      But effective

      6 votes
      1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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        Credit given to the students for coming up with this. And speaking from their own terrifying experience.

        Credit given to the students for coming up with this. And speaking from their own terrifying experience.

        8 votes
  3. introspect
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    Hmm, did a bit more digging on the shooter. Seems like his peers said he was a "nice", "quiet", and "humble" person. Did the Gao Kao (standardized testing) twice to get into a very prestigious...

    Hmm, did a bit more digging on the shooter. Seems like his peers said he was a "nice", "quiet", and "humble" person. Did the Gao Kao (standardized testing) twice to get into a very prestigious Chinese undergrad. Perhaps it was something personal.

    Link here (article is in Chinese).

    7 votes