A gunman shot and killed a professor this evening on the campus of Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. Professor Ethan Schmidt, who worked in the history department is the victim.
Police are currently searching for the suspected shoorter who is said to be a geography professor at the university called Shannon Lamb. He is also said to be responsible for the shooting of another woman in another area of Mississippi.
Tweets from the Delta state University official twitter handle give some details into the state of affairs on campus currently. which is said to be heavily secured with armed men at the moment
Mr Lamb was described by a colleague as "easy going". And he was said to have taken a leave recently for personal reasons according to FOX News
At a news conference, police did not say why Mr Lamb was a suspect in either murder but they did say they thought he was no longer on the university grounds.
"At this time we don't think he's on campus, but we're not taking anything lightly," a spokesman said.
All campus buildings have been locked from the inside as officials advised people to shelter as police cleared students from buildings on campus.
Schmidt, who specialized in Native American and colonial history, was shot in his office.
Don Allan Mitchell, a colleague, called Schmidt "a gentleman in every sense of the word" and "a terrific family man".
6 comments:
May he r.i.p.
May he r.i.p.
delta kee, shey na delsu abraka university.
Hi Benard. No. it is another Delta State University in the United States (Not the one in Nigeria)
Amen Gbemi
Amen. Gbemi
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