Gun Violence

Some federal search warrants have revealed new details about a shooting in August on the University of North Carolina's flagship campus that left a professor dead. The warrants state the graduate student charged in the shooting bought a pistol and also visited a gun range the day before Zijie Yan was killed inside a laboratory building at UNC-Chapel Hill.

The University of North Carolina graduate student charged with fatally shooting his faculty adviser has been found unfit for trial after two mental evaluations. Tailei Qi is accused of killing associate professor Zijie Yan in a science building at the state’s flagship public university in August. Orange County Superior Court Judge Alyson Grine said Monday that two separate mental evaluations found Qi likely suffers from untreated schizophrenia. She has ruled that Qi will be committed to Central Regional Hospital in Butner for psychological treatment. Doctors will be required to notify the Orange County district attorney if his condition improves.

Friday marks the one-year anniversary of a mass shooting in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood. The city will hold two ceremonies to commemorate the shooting, one to honor victims, and one to honor first responders.

A Wake County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday morning that Austin Thompson, the suspect in the Oct. 2022 mass shooting in northeast Raleigh, should be tried as an adult.

The Gate City is taking a page from some larger cities, developing a violence interruption program to help make neighborhoods safer.

In just 16 days, UNC-Chapel Hill sent out a second report of an 'armed and dangerous person,' causing thousands of students, faculty and staff to shelter in place for over an hour.

Nearly a year after a mass shooting in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood, the memory of Rob Steele's late fiancée is fresh in his mind as he starts a campaign for Raleigh City Council.

When a Chinese American professor was killed on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus on Aug. 28, it triggered deep-seated anxiety and fear among Asian Americans in the Triangle.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration wants to prevent gun violence and accidents by promoting safe storage practices.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, the only high-profile Democrat to announce his candidacy for governor in 2024, outlined an extensive list of policy goals three days before a General Assembly deadline designed to pare down legislation that will be considered through next year.