Xuming Li: Chinese student deported after trying to poison neighbors by injecting opioid solution via door gap

TAMPA, FLORIDA: A Chinese chemistry student who got caught injecting opioid solutions via his neighbor's door gap has been deported, The New York Post reported.

Xuming Li, a PhD graduate in chemistry, is suspected of putting powerful opioid medications, methadone and hydrocodone, combined with an unidentified toxic material through his neighbor Umar Abdullah's door. Apparently, this was the result of an argument about noise.

Officials deport Chinese chemistry student

Li was taken into custody after Umar Abdullah installed a covert camera in a plant pot outside his Tampa, Florida house and captured him in the act. The 36-year-old chemical researcher was accused of violent assault on the homeowners, possessing a controlled narcotic, and engaging in aggravated stalking.

But according to Li's lawyer Adam Bantner, Li has already been sent back to China by US immigration authorities, as he informed the New York Post.

The outlet was informed by sources that the lawsuit against him had mostly ended. Li had entered not-guilty pleas to several felonies, including violence and drug possession.

Li's deportation prevented him from attending his planned hearing on Monday, so a judge issued an arrest warrant for him that would only become active in the improbable event that he returned to the United States.

Details of the incident

The University of Southern Florida (USF), where Li was enrolled, "took extremely rapid action by pursuing an expulsion consequence" against him after the event, according to Abdullah.

Abdullah expressed concern in the summer about his family's hair loss and the 'clumps of hair' they discovered on his newborn girl's pillow many times in June of this year. His family also had vomiting, dizziness, and terrible headaches.

"Our baby was losing her hair. In that one month, we noticed our baby's unusual hair in the shower. We Googled and realized babies don't experience hair loss, and we noticed our hair in the shower as well. We can't prove that it was linked, but we feel that it was because of the chemicals," he informed DailyMail.com.

Abdullah continued, saying he was taken aback by what he saw on his covert camera footage because Li had appeared to be a "regular guy" and even a "friendly" neighbor who frequently stopped to talk in the corridor.

Li is also a parent, he said, though he has never seen Li with the children, even though he frequently witnesses his wife taking them to the playground. When Abdullah's child was born in August 2022, their relationship was going well. Li texted him to inquire about the well-being of his wife and new daughter.

Li even showed up to their house with gifts for their child, according to Abdullah, and texted them to congratulate them on their "really adorable girl."

However, days later, Li started complaining about noise, requesting the family to "walk slower" so he wouldn't hear their footsteps at night.