Page 2 - Applied Physical Sciences News Today

One week into the new academic year, a shooting and subsequent lockdown on UNC's campus changed the tenor of the rest of the fall semester.

WGMD - The Talk Of Delmarva - Serving Delmarva Since 1980

RALEIGH — The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations, a judge ruled Monday.

After psychiatric evaluations, court officials declared UNC shooting suspect Tailei Qi mentally unfit to proceed in his trial.

UNC Ph.D. student Tailei Qi, accused of fatally shooting Prof. Zijie Yan, was deemed unfit to stand trial and will be committed to a psychiatric hospital.

The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations, a judge ruled Monday.

Tailei Qi, 34, is accused of killing associate professor Zijie Yan in a science building at the state’s flagship public university on Aug. 28. He is being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder and misdemeanor possession of a firearm on educational property.

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada

Mental health evaluations found 34-year-old Tailei Qi incapable of cooperating with his legal counsel.

The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations, a judge ruled Monday. Tailei Qi, 34, is accused of killing associate professor Zijie Yan in a science building at the state’s flagship public university on Aug. 28. Orange County Superior Court Judge Alyson Grine said Monday that two separate mental evaluations found Qi likely suffers from untreated schizophrenia.