Professor killed at UNC was father, husband and passionate researcher
TALK ABOUT THE VICTIM WHO WAS A
FATHER OF 2.
>> YEAH. PROFESSOR SHI JI YANG
HAD 2 YOUNG DAUGHTERS. THE
FAMILY LIVES IN APEX HERE AT
UNC. PROFESSORS BEING
REMEMBERED AS A DISTINGUISHED
RESEARCHER IN SCIENCE TOMORROW
AT 1, 0, TO THE BELL TOWER WILL
TOLL HERE TO HONOR HIM. THAT IS
THE TIME THAT THE GUNFIRE RANG
OUT IN HIS OFFICE JUST ACROSS
THE STREET.
>> WITH THE BELL TOWER, A
MEMORIAL GROWS WITH FLOWERS
CARDS AND A MODEL OF A MOLECULE
TO HONOR A SCIENTIST KILLED IN
HIS OFFICE ACROSS THE STREET IN
KABUL LABS. THAT'S WHERE WOODEN
BOARDS COVER UP THE WINDOWS
SHATTERED BY A BULLET IN A
SHOOTING THAT KILLED SAYS SHE
AND A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR WHOSE
OFFICE IS NEXT TO YOU AND SAYS
HE STILL PROCESSING WHAT
HAPPENED. I TRIED TO COMFORT,
SAYS SHE WHILE HE WAS DYING,
HE WROTE IN AN EMAIL REPLY TO
WRAL AGAIN. JOIN UNC IS APPLIED
SCIENCES DEPARTMENT IN 2019 AND
HAD HIS OWN RESEARCH GROUP
STUDYING THE INTERACTION OF
LIGHT AND MATTER. THE STUDENT
ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM IS PART
OF THAT TEAM AGAIN AND TYLEE
CHI PUBLISHED RESEARCH TOGETHER
JUST LAST MONTH AND UNC POSTED
AN ARTICLE FEATURING A PHOTO
OF THE 2 ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF
THE ENDS GROUP.
>> THE ARTICLE SAYS THE GROUP
WORKED ON A PROJECT CALLED
OPTICAL TWEEZERS. A PROCESS
USING LIGHT THAT COULD HELP
DEVELOP NANO ROBOTS WITHIN
CELLS TO IMPROVE THE DELIVERY
OF DRUGS TO THE BODY. HE WAS A
BELOVED COLLEAGUE, MENTOR.
>> AND A FRIEND TO SO MANY ON
OUR IN A FATHER TO 2 YOUNG
CHILDREN, THE FAMILY'S HOME
STANDS ON THIS QUIET
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET IN APEX.
WE'VE LEARNED YET. AND HIS WIFE
AND NC STATE PROFESSOR WERE
SEPARATED AND NEIGHBORS TELL
US THEY KEPT TO THEMSELVES.
THEY SAY YEN APPEARED TO BE A
LOVING FATHER AND A NICE,
GENTLE GUY. NOW THEIR 2 YOUNG
DAUGHTERS JUST 2, 7 YEARS OLD
ARE LEFT WITHOUT A FATHER.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT
WE CAN DO TO NOT ONLY EXPRESS
OUR CONDOLENCES, BUT CERTAINLY
TO AS THEY ENDURE THIS TERRIBLE
LOSS.
>> YOU HEARD SARAH TALK ABOUT
THE SUSPECT. SHE THERE WHO
STUDIED IN WUHAN CHINA. IT ALSO
APPEARS BASED ON THEIR SOCIAL
MEDIA AND THEIR BACKGROUND THAT
YOU CAN ALSO STUDIED IN WUHAN.
BUT AT A DIFFERENT UNIVERSITY
THERE, THE UNIVERSITY IN NEW
YORK WHERE HE EARNED HIS PHD
IS RECOGNIZING HIM SAYING HE IS
A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR.
HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF FOR
PUBLISHING 17 RESEARCH ARTICLES
WHILE HE WAS THEIR EARNING HIS