Autopsy shows UNC professor killed in campus shooting was shot multiple times
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UNC Shooting
UNC professor Zijie Yan was fatally shot Aug. 28, 2023, in Chapel Hill, NC,, prompting an hourslong lockdown and questions about campus security. Yan’s graduate student has been charged with his murder. Here is ongoing News & Observer coverage about the killing, the campus response and the aftermath.
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The autopsy for the UNC professor who was killed on campus in August shows he was shot multiple times.
According to the report, Dr. Zijie Yan of the Applied Physical Sciences department sustained multiple gunshot entrance and exit wounds.
The report also states that nine 9-mm cartridge casings were found in Yan’s office in Caudill Labs after the Aug. 28 shooting that sent the school into lockdown.
Tailei Qi, a student of Yan’s, has been arrested and charged with murder and possession of a firearm on educational property in connection to the shooting.
This story was originally published October 5, 2023 at 4:46 PM with the headline "Autopsy shows UNC professor killed in campus shooting was shot multiple times."
