of zijie yan, an associate professor in the applied sciences department who is the father of two young children. we have determined that the victim and suspect knew each other and the suspect went directly to the victim and then left. reporter: the shooting triggering a campus lockdown. carter scott took a class with the suspect last year. my heart kind of sunk to the bottom of my chest because you don t ever think you re ever going to be in an active shooting situation, let alone have any sort of connection to someone who could do something like that. reporter: he told us he never noticed any red flags. at qi s apartment, fbi investigators combed through his belongings. bashar al hassan is visiting his son who shared an apartment wall with the suspect. he says armed agents stormed the complex during the manhunt. it s god, is this real? and i stepped again outside, and there was an officer with heavy gear.
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A graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a faculty member. What happened: Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences, was shot to death shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday. The incident, which occurred at Caudill Laboratories — a chemistry studies building — resulted in an hours-long lockdown.