An Arizona State College professor allegedly shot and killed his spouse at their house whereas their two teenage children had been inside, in response to police.
David Zhu, a professor at ASU’s W. P. Carey Faculty of Enterprise Division of Administration and Entrepreneurship, is accused of blasting his spouse, Susan Yijuan Yan, with a shotgun at their Scottsdale residence round 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, in response to the Scottsdale Police Division.
Yan, 46, was discovered with a gunshot wound and was taken to a neighborhood hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless, cops stated.
“This was an remoted incident that occurred contained in the residence. Nobody else was injured from the capturing,” police stated.
Zhu informed police he “was making an attempt to shoot the wall behind,” his spouse, in response to courtroom paperwork obtained by Fox 10 Phoenix.
The professor’s youngsters — a 19-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son — informed police their dad and mom had been concerned in “frequent” home violence incidents, and the capturing got here on the finish of a fierce shouting match.
“Neither little one expressed any shock that David had shot and killed their mom,” police wrote within the courtroom paperwork.
Zhu was arrested and charged with first diploma homicide. He was booked into Maricopa County Jail on a $1 million money bond, in response to Fox 10 Phoenix.
He had taught at ASU since 2009. The College stated he’s nonetheless employed as of Monday, nonetheless he has been positioned on administrative depart.
He’s prohibited from happening campus and from all faculty actions “whereas the college proceeds with the personnel course of, in response to relevant Arizona Board of Regents and native insurance policies,” an ASU spokesperson informed The Publish.
“Our condolences exit to all these affected by this tragedy,” the spokesperson stated within the assertion.
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