University of North Carolina student charged with murder of faculty member

Tailei Qi arrested Monday afternoon after fatal shooting of associate professor Zijie Yan caused university to lock down

A graduate student at the University of North Carolina (UNC) was charged with murder on Tuesday after a faculty member was shot dead on campus.

Chinese national Tailei Qi, 34, was scheduled to appear in court later in the day. He was arrested on Monday afternoon in a nearby residential neighborhood shortly after the killing caused the university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to lock down for almost four hours.