Audio Reveals 911 Caller in University of North Carolina Shooting Immediately Identified a Suspect

Audio Reveals 911 Caller in University of North Carolina Shooting Immediately Identified a Suspect
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill students, faculty and family hold a candlelight vigil in Chapel Hill, N.C., in honor of professor Zijie Yan, on Aug 30, 2023. Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP
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RALEIGH, N.C.—Police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where a professor was fatally shot on a college campus this week, received information on the suspect’s identity within minutes of the gunfire, according to a recording of the 911 call.

Some portions of the audio sound redacted, but what was released describes the first moments after Monday’s shooting of Associate Professor Zijie Yan inside a science building in the heart of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.