Interpol has issued a “red notice” for MIT grad student Qinxuan Pan, who is accused of murdering Yale grad student Kevin Jiang in New Haven in February 2021.
The U.S. Marshals Service asked Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, for the red notice alert in case Pan travels or traveled abroad after allegedly shooting Jiang, according to ABC News.
“Anywhere that has a treaty with the United States, he would be stopped in transit, secured and taken into custody,” said Matthew Duffy, supervisory deputy and public information officer of the U.S. Marshals’ District of Connecticut Violent Fugitive Task Force. “At that point in time, we would go and get him and bring him back to the United States.”
Pan is a U.S. citizen but was born in Shanghai.
Pan, 29, is the primary suspect in the Feb. 6 shooting of Jiang, 26, in New Haven near the Yale campus. Jiang, a former member of the Army National Guard, had recently gotten engaged to Zion Perry, 22, an MIT graduate who was also in grad school at Yale with Jiang.
In late February, after a car believed to have been stolen by Pan was found in a scrap yard in New Haven, an arrest warrant was issued for Pan for murder. According to the Marshals Service, Pan was last seen Feb. 11 by family members in Georgia carrying a black backpack and acting strange.
In March, the Marshals Service expanded its manhunt to nationwide. “Pan should be considered armed and dangerous,” the agency said in a statement. “Individuals should not attempt to apprehend him themselves.”
David Matthews is a staff writer for The New York Daily News. He can be reached at dmatthews@nydailynews.com.
