UNC adds mental health resources after shooting on Chapel Hill campus. How to find help.

Jessica Banov

A faculty member was fatally shot on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus Monday, resulting in a three-hour lockdown that rattled a community in the second week of school.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools also were locked down on the first day of classes until police gave an all-clear message.

A suspect — a UNC graduate student — is in custody and has been charged with first-degree murder. Classes are canceled Tuesday.

There are mental health resources available to those needing someone to talk to.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) staff will talk with students Tuesday and Wednesday on a walk-in basis at the Carolina Union Room 2420 and Student and Academic Services Building North, Room 1118, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Here is a list of services in Chapel Hill, on the UNC campus and elsewhere.

Mental health resources at UNC-Chapel Hill

A full list of resources is at care.unc.edu/resources, via the Heels Care Network. That includes peer support resources like Peer2Peer student-led session as well as groups to help with specific needs.

If you’re not sure where to start, a self-screening tool can help point you in the right direction.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

UNC hotline

The university has opened a hotline for concerned parents, loved ones and community members who have questions. The number is 919-918-1999

Urgent support

  • Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988

  • Text START to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741

Don’t try to deal with mental health issues alone. Here’s where you can get help in NC

Messages are written in chalk on the quad of UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, following a Monday shooting that left a faculty member dead on the university campus.
Messages are written in chalk on the quad of UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, following a Monday shooting that left a faculty member dead on the university campus.

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