Chinese student wanted for murder of Yale student at MIT may be in Qiaozhou

Authorities are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information related to the shooting death of Kevin Jiang, a Chinese-American graduate student at Yale University last Saturday, and suspect he may be in Georgia, the U.S. Marshals said Thursday, 11. Qinxuan Pan, who is suspected of being in Georgia.

According to the New Haven Register, the federal marshals’ New Haven assistant chief Karl Jacobson said on Thursday that Qinxuan Pan was still at large. The Marshals’ Violent Fugitive Task Force is assisting in locating Pan at the request of local authorities, the federal Marshals Service said in a press release on Nov. 11.

According to the police release, Pan Chin-hsuan is 6 feet tall, 170 pounds, with a medium complexion and short black hair, and he may be in Duluth, Georgia, or the Brookhaven area with friends or Family in a car. Authorities are asking anyone with relevant information to contact the U.S. Marshals at 1-877-926-8332.

Penn is currently charged with one count of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and one count of interstate theft of a vehicle, the marshals said. The charges stem from the Feb. 6 shooting death of Kevin Chiang, a Chinese-American student at Yale University. New Haven police say Pan should be considered armed and dangerous. According to NBC Connecticut, the general manager of the Best Western in New Haven said Pan checked in with his ID and credit card around 10:30 p.m. last Saturday. He never checked out and the room appears to have been left untouched. The general manager said it appeared that Pan did not stay in the room Saturday night.

Police briefly interviewed Pan at the Best Western that night after receiving a call about a man acting strangely. Pan fled shortly thereafter. On Wednesday, MIT confirmed that Pan had been a graduate student in the university’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science since 2014, and that he earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from MIT in June 2014.