Yale Murder Update: The New Haven Police Department names the person of interest in Kevin Jiang’s murder

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut – Police are looking for a 29-year-old man from Massachusetts as an interested person in the fatal shooting of a Yale graduate student in Connecticut last weekend, authorities said Wednesday.

The person wanted for questioning in the case, Qinxuan Pan, should be considered armed and dangerous, New Haven police chief Otoniel Reyes said at a news conference.

Pan’s last known address is in Malden, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kevin Jiang, 26, a student at Yale’s School of the Environment, was shot several times and found outside his car on a New Haven street on Saturday night.

Police have said they are investigating whether he died in a road accident after a car accident.

Born in Seattle, Jiang was recently engaged to be married. He received a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Washington and was a veteran of the military and a member of the National Guard, according to his LinkedIn page and Yale officials.

In the military, he was a tank operator and a chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear officer, according to Yale.

Pan, who is wanted on a warrant for possession of a stolen vehicle, is a person interested in Jiang’s murder, Reyes said.

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“He’s not a suspect right now,” said Reyes.

No public directory for Pan was found.

Pan was last seen at a hotel in North Haven, Connecticut, and is believed to be out of state, police said.

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