Updated: 12:02 PM PST, February 11, 2021
Police said Qinxuan Pan should be considered armed and dangerous, and the public should use extreme caution if they spot him.
New Haven police are looking for 29-year-old Qinxuan Pan for questioning in the homicide of Yale University graduate student Kevin Jiang, 26, who was shot and killed off-campus on Lawrence Street on Saturday, officials said.
Pan was last seen leaving North Haven’s Best Western hotel at 201 Washington Ave. on the night of Jiang’s death. He is wanted for questioning and there is a warrant out for his arrest in connection to an alleged car theft.
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Reyes said Pan is considered armed and dangerous and anyone who comes in contact with him should exercise extreme caution. Reyes said anyone who sees or comes across Pan should call the New Haven Police Department Homicide Bureau at 203-946-6304
Reyes did not explicitly tie him to the crime: I m not saying he s the shooter at this point.
Reyes said Pan was staying at the Best Western motel in North Haven and officers in that town contacted New Haven police.
The New Haven Police Department Homicide Unit is looking for Qinxuan Pan (DOB 04/16/1991). Pan was last seen at the Best Western Hotel, 201 Washington Avenue, North Haven. Last known address 193 Clifton Street, Malden MA. Pan is an MIT Graduate student.
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut A Yale University graduate student described by officials as someone who wanted to use his education to improve the world was found fatally shot near the New Haven, Connecticut, campus and police said they are investigating whether he was targeted.
New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes identified the slain student on Monday as 26-year-old Kevin Jiang of West Haven and asked for the public s help in identifying and capturing his killer.
Jiang was a former member of the Army National Guard and a second-year master s student at the Ivy League university s School of Environment. The Yale Community is grieving right now. This is the loss of an extraordinary young man. He was committed to applying his talents to improving the world, Yale President Peter Salovey said during Monday s news conference.