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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Friends and colleagues shared tributes on Tuesday to Dr. Zijie Yan, the University of North Carolina associate professor who was shot and killed Monday inside Caudill Labs. A UNC graduate student is charged with killing Yan, his academic group leader, inside a laboratory on campus. “Zijie was a wonderful human being. And I also know …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) — Tailei Qi has been charged in connection the the shooting death of a UNC faculty member on Monday. According to documents obtained by ABC 11, Qi is expected to make a court appearance later today on a first-degree murder charge. He’s also charged with having a gun on educational property. The arrest warrant lists the …