Murder Suspect Qinxan Pan Arrested In Alabama By Federal Agents

NEW HAVEN, CT — New Haven police confirmed that Friday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested Qinxan Pan, the suspect in the February slaying of Yale student Kevin Jiang.

Police obtained a warrant for Pan's arrest on a charge of murder in the fatal shooting the the 26-graduate student. Pan, 29, has been on the run since late February.

Jiang, of West Haven, was fatally shot Feb. 6 in the East Rock neighborhood.

Jiang was a graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment and days away from his 27th birthday when he was gunned down. He was an Army veteran and was recently engaged, according to his Facebook profile.

The school said Jiang would have completed his master's degree in environmental science this fall and part of his work included researching fish mercury levels in the Quinnipiac River Watershed. In the Army, he was a tank operator and chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear officer. He was also a member of the Connecticut National Guard's 118th Medical Battalion. Yale said Jiang worked at a homeless shelter, volunteered at his church and was a mentor to young people.

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When New Haven police obtained a murder warrant for Pan, the U.S. Marshals Service began a nationwide manhunt. In late February, the US Marshals said Pan was seen in the area of Brookhaven or Duluth, Georgia. The federal agents said that, according to his family, Pan was carrying a black backpack and "acting strange." The US Marshal service said in a press release at the time that Pan should be considered armed and dangerous. A $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to his capture. The agency later obtained a "red notice" warrant through Interpol, calling on member countries to arrest him if he fled the United States.

Pan, of Malden, MA, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked at the school's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, according to his Facebook profile. He's listed as a Google Scholar.

Massachusetts State Police spokesman Dave Procopio told Patch Pan was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama by US Marshals and the state police Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section assisted in the investigation.

Late Friday, the US Marshals Service and the US Attorney issued a news release on the arrest:

The U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Middle District of Alabama and the Montgomery Police Department, today arrested fugitive Qinxuan Pan, who is wanted in Connecticut and charged with the February murder of Kevin Jiang.

Pan was arrested in the 400 block of Fairview Avenue in Montgomery. He was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Montgomery County Detention Center.

“I am extremely proud of the cooperation and efforts of the U.S. Marshals, the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, and our state and local partners in apprehending Pan,” said U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama Jesse Seroyer Jr. “Once we received information that Pan was in Montgomery, a plan was developed and executed. This is another example of hard work by federal and state partners to arrest violent fugitives.”

Pan had last been seen in the early morning hours on Feb. 11 driving with family members in Brookhaven or Duluth, Georgia. The New Haven Police Department obtained an arrest warrant Feb. 26 charging Pan, an MIT graduate student, with the murder of Jiang, a Yale University student. The U.S. Marshals in Connecticut started working this case immediately in February as a person of interest until the murder warrant was issued Feb. 26 by the New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office.

“The successful apprehension of Qinxuan Pan this morning in Montgomery, Alabama, marks the culmination of countless hours of investigation and is a testament to the dedication of all the investigators involved,” said Lawrence Bobnick, acting U.S. Marshal for the District of Connecticut. “The unwavering commitment of the men and women supporting this operation was truly remarkable. Further, this arrest exemplifies the routine selfless cooperation between the U.S. Marshals Service, with its network of nationwide fugitive task forces, and state, local, and federal law enforcement entities across multiple jurisdictions and states.”

The U.S. Marshals wish to recognize the contributions of all who assisted in this investigation, including the New Haven Police Department; the Massachusetts State Police; the State’s Attorney’s Office in New Haven; the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut; the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; USMS investigators in Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Alabama; the USMS New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force; the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force; the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force; the Montgomery, Alabama, Police Department; and numerous other USMS task forces around the country that have run down leads during this case.

The Violent Fugitive Task Force is a team of law enforcement officers led by U.S. Marshals from the District of Connecticut. The task force’s objective is to seek out and arrest violent fugitives and sexual predators. Membership agencies include Hartford, New Haven, West Haven, Bridgeport, Norwalk, and Waterbury Police Departments as well as ICE.

The Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force became fully operational in July 2006 and operates out of USMS offices throughout Alabama and Mississippi, with its headquarters office located in Birmingham, Alabama. The GCRFTF partners with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies throughout Alabama and Mississippi and continues to recruit other agencies to participate in the task force.

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