Suspect's motive unclear in campus shooting that killed 1 at UNC Chapel Hill, police say
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Tailei Qi, the graduate student suspected in the fatal shooting of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member, center, makes his first appearance at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Qi has been charged by the UNC Police Department with first-degree murder and possession of a weapon on educational property, both felony charges. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)This photo provided by Orange County Sheriff's Office shows Tailei Qi. Police charged Qi, a University of North Carolina graduate student Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a faculty member that caused a campus lockdown amid a search for the gunman.(Orange County Sheriff's Office via AP)Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Law enforcement and first responders respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Flowers are seen piled up in front of Caudill Laboratories, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, where a graduate student fatally shot his faculty advisor this week in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Superior Court Judge Sherri Murrell, center, speaks with Orange County District Attorney Jeff Nieman and public defender Dana Graves, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, in Hillsborough, N.C, during the first court appearance of Tailei Qi. Qi is accused of fatally shooting his faculty adviser at UNC-Chapel Hill. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Flowers lay under a boarded up window at Caudill Labs on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, after a graduate student fatally shot his faculty adviser. A bullet hole could be seen earlier Tuesday in the bottom left corner of that window. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore Ashley Tatem writes "Heal Together" on a walking path outside the campus student center in Chapel Hill, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, the day after a graduate student fatally shot his faculty adviser. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Flowers are seen piled up in front of Caudill Labs, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, where a graduate student fatally shot his faculty advisor, Zijie Yan, this week in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz speaks at a news conference about a shooting in a campus building, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Chief of Police Brian James speaks at a news conference about a shooting in a campus building, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, at The Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Tailei Qi, the graduate student suspected in the fatal shooting of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member, makes his first appearance at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Qi has been charged by the UNC Police Department with first-degree murder and possession of a weapon on educational property, both felony charges. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)Tailei Qi, the graduate student suspected in the fatal shooting of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member, center, makes his first appearance at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Qi has been charged by the UNC Police Department with first-degree murder and possession of a weapon on educational property, both felony charges. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)The Orange County Courthouse stands on Hillsborough, N.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Tailei Qi, a graduate student suspected in the fatal shooting of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member the previous day, is due to make an appearance at the courthouse Tuesday. Qi has been charged by the UNC Police Department with first-degree murder and possession of a weapon on educational property, both felony charges. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
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Tailei Qi, the graduate student suspected in the fatal shooting of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member, center, makes his first appearance at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Qi has been charged by the UNC Police Department with first-degree murder and possession of a weapon on educational property, both felony charges. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
