The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill professor found dead in his office on campus in August was shot seven times, according to the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Zijie Yan, an associate professor in the department of Applied Physical Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, suffered wounds to the head, face and neck, left arm and chest, abdomen, a graze wound to the right upper arm, and a graze wound to the left hand and left forearm in the Aug. 28 shooting, according to an autopsy report.

Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP, FILE

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Police responding to the scene found Yan on the floor of his office. Campus police then put the school on lockdown, according to the investigation report.

After a brief search, the suspect, Tailei Qi, was found and arrested. Qi was charged with first-degree murder and misdemeanor possession of a gun on an educational property, police said.

The suspect is still being interviewed by police, according to the investigation report. Authorities have not announced a motive for the shooting.

Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., Aug. 28, 2023, after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP, FILE
Flowers are seen piled up in front of Caudill Laboratories, Aug. 29, 2023, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, where a graduate student fatally shot his faculty advisor this week in Chapel Hill, N.C. Hannah Schoenbaum/AP, FILE

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The medical examiner wrote that he found mixed entry and exit wounds in his right hand, right bicep, left forearm, right neck and multiple wounds around his face and forehead, according to the investigation report.

The manner of death was determined to be homicide, according to the investigation report.

Suspect Tailei Qi arrives at the courthouse after students and the campus community is stunned and classes are cancelled as genome science faculty Zijie Yan was suspected to be shot and killed by 34 year old Qi in Chapel Hill, N. C., on Aug. 29, 2023. Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Qi, 34, was a graduate student. Yan was listed as Qi's academic adviser on the suspect's profile on the UNC website.

Yan had been working at the university since 2019, according to police.

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