Chinese grad student in Chicago killed in shooting
According to the University of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department (CPD), a 24-year-old graduate Chinese student Shaoxiong Zheng from Chengdu was shot and killed in what seems to have been a robbery on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the University of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department (CPD), a 24-year-old graduate Chinese student Shaoxiong Zheng from Chengdu was shot and killed in what seems to have been a robbery on Tuesday afternoon.
Zheng, who also goes by Dennis, just graduated with a statistics major this summer.
Chinese social media reactions reflected many different types of worry:
- Some remembered Fร n Yรฌrรกn ่่ฝถ็ถ, a 30-year-old University of Chicago Ph.D. student from Beijing, who was killed in January 2021 in a mass shooting.
- Some questioned the safety problems of studying in the U.S., particularly in Chicago.
- Some wondered if Zheng was targeted for being Asian.
The Consulate-General of the Peopleโs Republic of China in Chicago posted a notice in Chinese advising Chinese citizens, including students, on how to โstrengthen safety precautions.โ
