For many students of Asian descent, the initial confusion in identifying and apprehending the wrong person in Monday’s fatal shooting at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill dredged up ever-present fears of racial profiling. Before police arrested Tailei Qi, who is Chinese, those of Asian descent, particularly men, said they had already been grappling with multiple layers of fear — worried not only for their safety from the gunman, but also of being profiled as the suspect by authorities. The anxieties only grew after the lockdown was lifted, Johnson Wei, a Chinese international student, said. “When I walked outside, I was worried. I was afraid that people would stare at me, look at me in different ways,” Wei said. Read more at the link in bio. 📷️ Leila Register / NBC News; @gettyimages