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Delta State University professor shot and killed in Mississippi | Delta State University professor shot and killed in Mississippi |
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A manhunt is under way after a gunman shot dead a professor as he worked in his university office in Mississippi. | |
Ethan Schmidt, a history teacher at Delta State University, died in the attack in the city of Cleveland. | |
The suspect, geography professor Shannon Lamb, is on the run and has told police "he's not going to jail". | |
Police say he is armed and dangerous, and are linking him to the fatal shooting of a woman 300 miles away earlier in the day. | |
Amy Prentiss, 41, was found shot dead at her home in Gautier, Mississippi, in the early hours. | Amy Prentiss, 41, was found shot dead at her home in Gautier, Mississippi, in the early hours. |
At a news conference on Monday evening, police in Gautier said they had spoken to Mr Lamb, 45, who has been an employee of the university since 2009. | |
They did not say how they made contact with him but they urged the public to be extremely careful if they spotted him. He is thought to be driving a Dodge Charger. | |
The university is about a five-hour drive north, and police were called there at 10.18 local time (16:18 GMT) when shots were heard. | The university is about a five-hour drive north, and police were called there at 10.18 local time (16:18 GMT) when shots were heard. |
Prof Schmidt, who specialised in Native American and colonial history, was shot in his office inside the university's Jobe Hall building, police said. | |
All campus buildings were then locked from the inside and officials advised people to shelter as police cleared students from buildings on campus. | All campus buildings were then locked from the inside and officials advised people to shelter as police cleared students from buildings on campus. |
Freshman Noah Joyner, 18, said he stayed inside a bathroom in his dorm buildings during the lockdown. | Freshman Noah Joyner, 18, said he stayed inside a bathroom in his dorm buildings during the lockdown. |
"There were people banging on the doors to have somebody let them in," he said. "It was pretty terrifying to hear people banging on the door." | |
Police helicopters were circling the campus and hundreds of officers swept the buildings. | Police helicopters were circling the campus and hundreds of officers swept the buildings. |
Mr Lamb was apparently "easy going" and had taken some leave recently for "personal reasons", Don Mitchell, an associate professor of English at the university, told Fox News. | |
He called Prof Schmidt "a gentleman in every sense of the word" and "a terrific family man". | |
Roughly 3,500 students are enrolled at the university near the Arkansas border. | Roughly 3,500 students are enrolled at the university near the Arkansas border. |
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