Shooting Kills 1 Professor at UNC Chapel Hill; Suspect Detained

Troopers  on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Aug. 28.

Photographer: Kaitlin McKeown/Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A University of North Carolina graduate student walked into a classroom building, shot his faculty adviser and quickly left, authorities said a day after the attack paralyzed campus as police searched for the gunman.

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.