• A faculty member was fatally shot in a laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday. University police confirmed the shooting occurred at a building that houses the school's chemistry department. CBS (LR: 2 CP: 5)
• After the police received a 911 call reporting shots fired at Caudill Labs shortly after 1 p.m. (local time), the University sent an emergency alert and a lockdown warning, asking students and staff to barricade themselves. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)
• The University continued the hours-long lockdown after the suspect was detained shortly after 2:30 p.m., reportedly because authorities were working to verify his identity and search for the weapon. CNN (LR: 2 CP: 5)
• The suspect is a 34-year-old second-year doctoral student in applied physical sciences and holds a master's degree from Louisiana State University and a degree from China's Wuhan University. WRAL.com
• The investigators have yet to find the gun that killed the faculty member or determine the motive behind the fatal shooting. Washington Post (LR: 2 CP: 5)
• The shooting came two days after a high-profile mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, where a gunman went to Edward Waters University before killing three Black people in what the police said was a racially motivated attack. New York Times (LR: 2 CP: 5)

Left narrative:

• While it's too early to speculate as to what could've been the suspect's motivation for killing the UNC faculty member, North Carolina has seen a rise in gun violence-related incidents, with an average of 1,470 people dying per year. The state's pistol purchasing permit and concealed carry weapons permitting systems must be strengthened to prevent such tragedies.
  The Daily Tar Heel

Right narrative:

• Monday's horrific incident was clearly carried out by an individual with mental health issues, who had made threats against UNC faculty members. Using a tragedy to discuss politics or find ways to undermine the Second Amendment is unacceptable. Restricting law-abiding Americans' access to firearms will never stop senseless acts of violence.
  Daily Mail (LR: 5 CP: 5)

Nerd narrative:

• There is a 0.2% chance that the Second Amendment, as written and in force on December 13th, 2018, will be successfully amended or repealed before Jan. 1, 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
  Metaculus (LR: 3 CP: 3)