An Arizona State University professor allegedly shot and killed his wife in their home while their two teenage children were inside, according to police.
David Zhu, a professor in ASU’s WP Carey School of Business Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, is accused of blasting his wife Susan Yijuan Yan with a shotgun at their Scottsdale residence around 6:30 p.m. Saturday night, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.
Yan, 46, was found with a gunshot wound and taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.
– This was an isolated incident that occurred inside the home. No one else was injured in the shooting, police say.
Zhu told police he “tried to push the wall behind,” according to court documents obtained by Fox 10 Phoenix.
The professor’s children – a 19-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son – told police their parents had been involved in “frequent” domestic violence, and the shooting came at the end of a heated shouting match.
“None of the children expressed any surprise that David had shot and killed their mother,” police wrote in court documents.
Zhu was arrested and charged with first degree murder. He was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on a $1 million cash bond, according to Fox 10 Phoenix.
He had taught at ASU since 2009. The university said he remains employed as of Monday, but has been placed on administrative leave.
He is banned from campus and from all school activities “while the university proceeds with the personnel process, per applicable Arizona Board of Regents and local policies,” an ASU spokesman told The Post.
“Our condolences go out to all those affected by this tragedy,” the spokesperson said in the statement.