Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang tweeted on November 19: "I am deeply shocked by the unfortunate murder of Chinese student Zheng Shaoxiong in Chicago, deeply deplore the innocent death of a young man, and I would like to express my deep condolences and sincere condolences to his parents." ”
Qin Gang said the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago was assisting Zheng's parents in dealing with the aftermath. He called on everyone to do justice for the murder of international students and protect Chinese in the United States from hatred and xenophobia.
According to the Observer Network, the suspect who previously shot Zheng Shaoxiong, a Chinese "student bully" student at the University of Chicago, on November 9, has been arrested, and it is Alton Span, an 18-year-old black man. He is currently being charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and two counts of unlawful use of weapons.
Alton Spann
Police sources said that at the time of the crime, Zheng Shaoxiong was walking home after the end of the course, and was immediately robbed by Alton with a gun. Police quoted witnesses as saying that the two seemed to be wrestling together, and Alton immediately shot Zheng Shaoxiong in the chest and snatched away Zheng Shaoxiong's personal belongings such as electronic products and drove away. Police revealed that the electronics were eventually sold by Alton to a store for $100.
"The victim did nothing wrong and was still shot or even killed." "Whether he struggled or didn't talk back, he didn't do anything provocative to cause a crime," the police said. ”
It is understood that Zheng Shaoxiong, an international student from Sichuan, is a master's degree graduate of statistics at the University of Chicago, who studied at Chengdu No. 7 Middle School in Sichuan from 2012 to 2015, then entered the University of Hong Kong from 2015 to 2019, and went to the United States in 2019 to continue his postgraduate degree in the Department of Statistics of the University of Chicago.