White Professor Killed at College in Mississippi

The Latest: Professor Killed at College in Mississippi

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JACKSON, Miss. — Sep 14, 2015, 1:03 PM ET


The latest on a shooting at Delta State University that left a professor dead (all times local):
11:53 a.m.

An official says a professor has been shot and killed inside an office at Delta State University in Mississippi.

Murray Roark, a deputy coroner in Bolivar County, says the professor killed Monday was a white man in his 50s. He would not identify the professor, who was killed in an office inside Jobe Hall.
University spokeswoman Jennifer Farish also declined to identify the dead person, saying it was still an "active situation." It's unclear whether anyone else is wounded.

The school was placed on lockdown when the shooting was first reported Monday. Students, faculty and staff were told to take shelter and stay away from windows.

The 3,500-student university is in Cleveland, in Mississippi's Delta region near the Arkansas-Mississippi state line.
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10:43 a.m.
An official says one person has died following a shooting at Delta State University, and the campus remains on lockdown after reports of an active shooter.

University spokeswoman Jennifer Farish said Monday she was not yet able to identify the dead person, saying it was still an "active situation." It's unclear whether anyone else is injured.

The lockdown began about 10:45 a.m. local time, with the university advising students, faculty and staff to take shelter and stay away from windows.

The university's Twitter account says the shooter was spotted near Jobe Hall.

State and local law enforcement agencies have responded.
The 3,500-student university is in Cleveland, in Mississippi's Delta region near the Arkansas-Mississippi state line.
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10:13 a.m.
Delta State University officials say they have locked down their campus after there were reports of an active shooter on campus.
University spokeswoman Jennifer Farish confirmed that the lock down began Monday morning and that students, faculty and staff are being advised to take shelter.

The university's Twitter account says the active shooter was spotted near Jobe Hall.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are responding.

The 3,500-student university is in Cleveland, in Mississippi's Delta region near the Arkansas-Mississippi state line.

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Oh, this is just awful. I hope they catch the killer soon.

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Investigators say Mississippi homicides could be connected

Professor shot, killed at Delta State University; Suspect still at large

UPDATED 2:26 PM CDT Sep 14, 2015

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(CNN) —Scores of local and federal law enforcement agents are scouring a Mississippi college campus after a history professor was shot to death in his office Monday.


Ethan Schmidt was shot in the head while in his office at Delta State University in the city of Cleveland, according to according to Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Murray Roark.

The shooter remains at large, the coroner said.

And investigators in a town 300 miles away said the shooting could be connected to another homicide.

Police in Gautier, Mississippi, are investigating a homicide that happened in the area Monday morning that could be connected to the fatal shooting of the Delta State University professor, Detective Matt Hoggatt with Gautier Police told CNN.

Hoggatt said the suspect in the Gautier shooting, Shannon Lamb, was last seen driving a green SUV. That vehicle has also been linked to the Delta State University shooting, Hoggatt said.

Authorities investigating the Delta State University shooting have not named any suspects in the case.

The school had earlier tweeted on an official account that at least one person was killed in a shooting, and that the campus was on lockdown. The tweet advised that everyone stay indoors and away from windows. Classes have been canceled for the remainder of the day and evening.

The hunt for Schmidt's killer has brought together campus police and city police as well as the Mississippi Highway Patrol, Bolivar County Sheriff's Department and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Schmidt's Delta State biography says that he taught undergraduate courses in American history, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas in 2007. Schmidt had written several books and scholarly papers and had expertise in Native American history.

Before working at Delta State, he taught for six years at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he received the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2011.

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Shannon Lamb: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Published 2:07 pm EDT, September 14, 2015 Updated 3:28 pm EDT, September 14, 2015 6 Comments By Paul Farrell 18.4k

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(Delta State University)

A 45-year-old professor at Delta State University is the main suspect in the shooting of his girlfriend and a colleague. The suspect has been named as Shannon Lamb. His girlfriend was found dead in the town of Gautier, Mississippi, on the morning of September 14. Not long before, there were reports of a shooting on campus at Delta State. One professor was killed in that attack, he was named as history teacher Ethan Schmidt.

The town of Gautier is 300 miles south of Delta State University.
Here’s what we know so far:

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1. He Calls Himself a ‘Single Parent’

On his Facebook page in April 2013, he wrote that he was a single-parent to a teenage boy-and-girl. Lamb says about his kids “Both are straight “A” students, extremely loving and respectful of others.”
He’s a Geography professor at Delta State. Lamb has worked at the school for seven years, according to his official profile. His profile adds that he teaches World Regional Geography, Methods in Social Studies, Social Studies in the High School. His areas of research are in Public Memory Suppression and the Hidden Landscape. Prior to moving to Delta State, Lamb taught Geography at Mississippi Valley State University and Itawamba Community College. Before teaching at college-level, he was a high school math teacher at Murray High School in Jackson, Mississippi, and Greenville-Weston High School in Greenville, Mississippi, reports WAFF.

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Shannon Lamb Photos: Pictures of Delta State Shooting Suspect

Shannon Steadman Lamb, a professor at Delta State, is a suspect in the shooting death of another professor, Ethan Schmidt.
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2. Lamb Is Originally From Germany & Performs in a Rock n’ Roll Band

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According to his Facebook page, he’s a native of Munich, Germany. Lamb wrote in July on his Facebook page that he had completed his doctorate at Delta State. In his about section on his page he writes “I was born in a crossfire hurricane.” In a comments thread under a picture of his daughter’s prom photo he writes “Hopefully I won’t need the shotgun but it’s better to have one and not need it than need one and not have it!” He also plays in a rock n’ roll two-piece band.

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3. He Called Police to Report That His Girlfriend Has Been Killed

The Biloxi Sun Herald reports that a second victim related to the shooting at Delta State was found dead in the town of Gautier. It was Lamb who called police to report that killing.

That victim is believed to have been Lamb’s girlfriend. On Lamb’s Facebook page, he names Amy Prentiss as his girlfriend. Upon completing his doctorate, he wrote on his Facebook page that he had “tried to maintain a relationship with the best girl in the whole wide world. (Amy Prentiss).”

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4. Professor Schmidt Was Shot Dead in His Office

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Professor Ethan Schmidt. (Twitter)

A professor named Ethan Schmidt has been killed, reports WREG.Schmidt was seen being taken away by an ambulance from the scene. The history professor later died, according to the school.

Professor Schmidt was in his office when he was shot, reports WMC.

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5. Delta State Is Publicly Funded

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Delta State University is one of eight publicly funded universities in the state of Mississippi. There are 3,324 students at the school. The school’s president is William N. LaForge, former Chief of Staff to United States Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi. LaForge is a former student of the school.

The school specializes in arts and sciences, business, education and nursing. The college is also home to a renowned flight school. The school turns 90 years old in 2015.

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Shannon Lamb Photos: Pictures of Delta State Shooting Suspect

Shannon Steadman Lamb, a professor at Delta State, is a suspect in the shooting death of another professor, Ethan Schmidt.
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September 14, 2015, 12:47 PM
Suspect in 2 Mississippi slayings: I'm "not going to jail"

Last Updated Sep 14, 2015 9:15 PM EDT

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- A man wanted in connection with two separate shootings that left a Mississippi college professor and a woman dead has spoken with police and said he's "not going to jail," authorities say.

Lt. Scott Wilson and another officer whose name was not given said during a news conference in Gautier that they have spoken with Shannon Lamb, who is still on the loose.

They urged extreme caution in dealing with him. The officials would not say when or how they spoke to Lamb.

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Dr. Ethan A. Schmidt.
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Police identified the 45-year-old Lamb as a suspect in the shooting deaths of a woman he was living with in Gautier and a teacher he worked with at Delta State University in Cleveland.

Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Murray Roark confirms the deceased professor is Ethan A. Schmidt. He is an Assistant Professor of American History at the college and is in his 50s.

He was shot twice in his office on Monday morning.

Spokeswoman Jennifer Farish said the campus was placed on lockdown shortly after reports of the shooting surfaced and that students, faculty and staff were advised to take shelter.

It wasn't until later Monday that police said Lamb has also been identified as a suspect in the shooting death of a woman he lived with 300 miles away.

Investigators in Gautier say 41-year-old Amy Prentiss was found shot to death in a home there Monday.

Investigators have not commented on a motive in the shootings.

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Person of interest, Shannon Lamb, in the shooting at Delta State University.
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All classes at Delta State University were cancelled for the remainder of the day and night, along with plans to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the campus on Tuesday.

"Fortunately for us, our public safety officers and university officials have trained many of us for active shooter situations," Don Allan Mitchell, an English professor, wrote in a Facebook message to The Associated Press. "Many students are locked-down in classrooms, and professors and staff members are telling them the protocol. Plus, we are all texting and Facebooking each other to make sure we are safe."

He said police helicopters were in the air, and officers were sweeping buildings following the shooting.

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Delta State University victim identified


Delta State University President Bill LaForge said that within 10 minutes of the shooting being reported, the university sent a campus-wide alert.

Freshman Noah Joyner, 18, said he was shaken by the lockdown.

Joyner hunkered down in a bathroom of his dorm building and heard others desperate to get in when reports of the active shooter spread.

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"There were like people banging on the doors to have somebody let them in," said Joyner, a swimmer at the college.

"It was pretty terrifying to hear people banging on the door."

Police swarmed the campus, sweeping buildings to search for the shooter while helicopters buzzed overhead. Officers equipped with body armor and rifles remained on the campus hours later.

The 3,500-student university is in Mississippi's Delta region near the Arkansas-Mississippi state line.

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White shooter of white professor shot himself.

Law enforcement sources: Shannon Lamb is dead

Therese Apel and Anna Wolfe, The Clarion-Ledger 11:09 p.m. CDT September 14, 2015

10:55 update:
Law enforcement sources say Shannon Lamb is dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Officials said Greenville Police Department tried to initiate a stop, at which point Lamb ran and stopped and got out on foot. Police heard a shot, and shortly thereafter, Lamb was found with a gunshot wound.

Lamb was transported to a hospital, officials said.

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