HAVE PEOPLE AT THE PODIUM IN CHAPEL HILL. AND AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK, THERE’S THE CHANCELLOR TO THE LEFT AND THERE’S THE POLICE CHIEF TO HIS LEFT. SO LET’S LISTEN IN NOW. KEVIN GUSKOWITZ, BRIAN JAMES AMONG THOSE EXPECTED TO SPEAK AS WE GET AN UPDATE FROM CHAPEL HILL ON YESTERDAY’S DEADLY ON CAMPUS SHOOTING. KEVIN BASS, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS AT UNC CHAPEL HILL. WE’RE AGAIN JOINED HERE TODAY BY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHANCELLOR KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ, AS YOU WOULD SEE, CHIEF OF POLICE BRIAN JAMES AS CHAPEL HILL POLICE CHIEF ALISA LAHUE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF CHARLES BLACKWOOD, ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEFF NIEMANN AND ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE BETH VARGAS OF THE FBI. AND NOW TO TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ, CHANCELLOR OF USC. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON AS WE PROVIDE UPDATES TO YOU REGARDING THE SHOOTING ON OUR CAMPUS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. CHIEF JAMES WILL BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION AND I’M HERE JUST TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL UPDATES. AND AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE SHARED OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY EARLIER TODAY, THE TRAGIC LOSS OF DR. JAY YANG, WHO WAS KILLED YESTERDAY IN KARLOFF LABS. DR. YANG WAS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. HE JOINED OUR FACULTY IN JULY OF 2019. HE WAS A BELOVED COLLEAGUE, MENTOR AND A FRIEND TO SO MANY ON OUR CAMPUS AND A FATHER TO TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. MY LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I HAVE MET WITH HIS COLLEAGUES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND CHEMISTRY TO EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES. WE’VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MEMBERS OF DR. YANG’S FAMILY AT AND WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO NOT ONLY EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES, BUT CERTAINLY TO ASSIST THEM AS THEY ENDURE THIS TERRIBLE LOSS. I HOPE THAT YOU’LL JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES AS THEY ARE CERTAINLY HURTING AT THIS TIME. IN HONOR OF DR. YANG’S MEMORY, WE WILL RING THE BELL TOWER HERE ON CAMPUS TOMORROW. AT 102. AND IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE DURING THIS TIME IS WHAT WE’RE ASKING OF EVERYONE ON OUR CAMPUS. WE SHARED RESOURCE ACES FOR THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT. AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO SHARE UPDATES ON UNCLE EDU AND THROUGH ALERT CAROLINA. WE WILL NOT HAVE CLASSES TOMORROW SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE THE HEALING PROCESS AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE MANY RESOURCES THAT WE’RE PROVIDING TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. WE WILL RETURN TO CLASSES AND NORMAL OPERATIONS BEGINNING ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS, I’VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTLESS WAYS IN WHICH OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER. I’VE SPOKEN WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS WHO SAT TOGETHER THROUGH THE LOCKDOWN YESTERDAY AND OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND THE UNCW POLICE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT THESE PAST MANY HOURS TO GATHER INFORMATION AND FIND ANSWERS AS WE CONTINUE TO THIS INVESTIGATION TOGETHER FOR OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS FOLLOW THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE’VE PUT IN PLACE AND WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE EACH OTHER’S SAFETY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POLICY AND OUR CAROLINA READY CAMPUS PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM, SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, WE’VE WORKED HARD TO PUT INTO PLACE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MANY PEOPLE WHO’VE REACHED OUT TO US FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR FACULTY, OUR STAFF, AND CERTAINLY OUR STUDENTS. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE UNCW SYSTEM AND OUR FELLOW YANCEY SYSTEM SCHOOLS FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY’VE REACHED OUT TO MESSAGE THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OUR BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THEIR STEADFAST SUPPORT IN THIS TIME OF PROFOUND SADNESS. I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR JARRED HILL COMMUNITY, AND I URGE US TO CONTINUE TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU’RE DOING. AND NOW I’M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF JAMES FOR AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION. I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. CHANCELLOR GUSKIEWICZ, BRIAN JAMES, CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE UNION CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO START BY OFFERING MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF PROFESSOR J. IN THE VICTIM AND YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR CAROLINA COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF ALL UNCW POLICE FORCE, I EXTEND MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO PROFESSOR HAN’S FAMILY. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS HERE ARE THE UPDATES WE HAVE TO SHARE FROM YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. THE SUSPECTED SHOTER IS TYLEE TYLEE. SHE’S A GRADUATE STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL AT THE ORANGE COUNTY JAIL. THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION. ROWAN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE VICTIM AND SUSPECT KNEW EACH OTHER AND THE SUSPECT WENT DIRECTLY TO THE VICTIM AND THEN LEFT CALDWELL LOUNGE RIGHT NOW, THE SUSPECT IS FACING FELONY CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ON EDUCATIONAL ROB WU HIS FIRST APPEARANCE APPEARANCE WAS EARLIER TODAY AT 2 P.M. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY BE ADDED AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY BY OUR PARTNERS AT THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT ON WILLIAMS CIRCLE IN CHAPEL HILL. THE SUSPECT’S CAR WAS LOCATED ON CAMPUS AND HAS BEEN IMPOUND AND IS BEING PROCESSED BY THE FBI. EVIDENCE RESPONSE TEAM. THE FIREARM USED IN YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED. WE CONTINUE A THOROUGH SEARCH FOR THE FIREARM IN ANY ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE, FBI VICTIM SERVICES HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE VICTIM’S FAMILY AND IDENTIFIED WITNESSES. AT THIS TIME, IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO ESTABLISH A DEFINITIVE MOTIVE. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DETERMINE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION. CALDWELL LABS WILL BE CLOSED AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. WE ARE INCREASING VISIBILITY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON CAMPUS, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIMES OF THE DAY, TO PROVIDE REASSURANCE TO OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CASE, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONTACT THE UNCW POLICE DEPARTMENT. AT (919) 962-8100. THAT’S (919) 962-8100. I AGAIN WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ASSISTED ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS YESTERDAY, AND WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CA