One dead, manhunt for killer underway for killer at Delta State University

[Disir]

Tragedy struck a Mississippi university poised to celebrate its 90th anniversary when a history teacher was fatally shot in his office, authorities said Monday.

Delta State University was placed on lockdown Monday amid reports of an active shooter on the Cleveland campus.

"Delta State University has confirmed one fatality. Campus remains under lockdown. Please stay inside and away from windows," the school tweeted.

Authorities identified the victim as Ethan Schmidt, an assistant history professor. State, city and Delta State police, along with the Bolivar County Sheriff's Department, were on on campus and looking for his killer, the school said.
One dead, manhunt for killer underway for killer at Delta State University

WTF is wrong with people?

 

[Spinster]

"Stay away from the windows" the school TWEETED? Ever hear of a broadcast. Well. Isn't that just so tweet.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Weapons on Campus
POLICY STATEMENT

The Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning prohibits the possession of pistols, firearms or other weapons in any form by any person other than duly authorized law enforcement officials on its institutions’ premises or at any of its institutions or student functions off campus, regardless of whether such person possesses a valid permit to carry such pistols, firearms, or weapons.
Weapons on Campus - Delta State University

Clearly the news story is a ruse as there are no weapons on campus.

 

[waltky]

M-14 shooter wrote: Clearly the news story is a ruse as there are no weapons on campus.

One Dead in Campus Shooting at Delta State University
September 14, 2015 | A professor at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., is dead after an on-campus shooting.

The shooter is reportedly still at large, according to Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain. The campus is on lockdown, and University spokeswoman Jennifer Farish said it is still an “active situation,” Fox News reports. At 10:45 am, students and faculty were told to stay away from the windows and take shelter.

A law enforcement officer stands watch as emergency vehicles clog a road adjacent to Delta State University after an active shooter was reported in Cleveland, Miss., Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. A school 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.

"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."

One Dead in Campus Shooting at Delta State University

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Police: Professor at Mississippi campus shot dead, gunman at large
Sept. 14, 2015-- A gunman opened fire at a college campus in Mississippi Monday, killing a professor and prompting the school to issue a lockdown, authorities said.

The shooting occurred at Delta State University in the town of Cleveland, Miss., officials said. The gunman remains at large. The victim was identified as history professor Ethan Schmidt.
The Clarion Ledger reported that a social sciences professor, who is a suspect in an unrelated shooting, is possibly tied to the shooting at Delta State.

The Bolivar Commercial reported all schools in the Cleveland School District were on lockdown as a precaution. Police confirmed the shooting and were assisting Delta State University police. Officials said a victim was taken by an ambulance, but it was unclear if that person was Schmidt or another injured victim.

History professor Eric A. Schmidt was reported to be the person killed in a shooting at Delta State University's campus in Cleveland, Miss.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant pledged the "full support and assistance" of the Department of Public Safety, "including the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi Highway Patrol," spokeswoman Nicole Webb said. Mississippi Highway Patrol, Cleveland police and Bolivar County Sheriff's Department were on campus. Delta State University is a public school with more than 4,000 students, about 30 percent of which live on campus.

Police: Professor at Mississippi campus shot dead, gunman at large

 

[depotoo]

I think he was highlighting the tragic irony within the policy.

M-14 shooter wrote: Clearly the news story is a ruse as there are no weapons on campus.

One Dead in Campus Shooting at Delta State University
September 14, 2015 | A professor at Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss., is dead after an on-campus shooting.

The shooter is reportedly still at large, according to Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain. The campus is on lockdown, and University spokeswoman Jennifer Farish said it is still an “active situation,” Fox News reports. At 10:45 am, students and faculty were told to stay away from the windows and take shelter.

A law enforcement officer stands watch as emergency vehicles clog a road adjacent to Delta State University after an active shooter was reported in Cleveland, Miss., Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. A school 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.

"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."

One Dead in Campus Shooting at Delta State University

 

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Suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot...

Police say suspect in Delta State U. shooting is dead
15 Sept.`15 — The latest on a shooting at Delta State University that left a professor dead (all times local):

12:40 a.m.

Police say that the suspect in two shooting deaths in Mississippi was returning from Arkansas when a license plate reader picked up his plate as he crossed a bridge over the Mississippi River. Cleveland Police Chief Charles "Buster" Bingham said Monday that Greenville police followed Shannon Lamb but did not try to apprehend him. Then Lamb pulled over and took off on foot. Bingham said the police were waiting for backup when they heard a gunshot. When backup arrived, they searched and found Lamb with a gunshot wound to the head. Lamb is suspected in the shooting deaths of two people in Mississippi including a woman he was living with and a teacher at Delta State University in Cleveland. The shooting sent the entire campus into lockdown, which was lifted late Monday.

11:30 p.m.

Authorities say the suspect in the fatal shooting of his domestic partner and a university professor in Mississippi is dead. Delta State University police chief Lynn Buford told The Associated Press late Monday that Greenville police were following 45-year-old Shannon Lamb when Lamb pulled over, jumped out of his car, and ran. Buford says police heard one gunshot and found Lamb with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. They took Lamb to the hospital in Greenville where Buford says he was pronounced dead. Police say Lamb fatally shot the woman he lived with on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and also fatally shot 39-year-old history professor Ethan Schmidt on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Mississippi, on Monday. The woman was identified as 41-year-old Amy Prentiss.

Law enforcement walk across the Delta State University campus to search for an active shooter in connection with a the shooting of history professor Ethan Schmidt in his office in Cleveland, Miss.

10:30 p.m.

The former husband of a woman shot and killed in southern Mississippi says she was a "good person" and that their daughter is devastated by her death. Shawn O'Steen said Monday that he was married to Amy Prentiss for about seven years. Authorities are looking for Shannon Lamb, who is suspected in connection with Prentiss' death as well as the death of a teacher at a Mississippi university on Monday. O'Steen said he and Prentiss divorced 15 years ago, but remained friends. He said the two have a daughter who is 19. He said his daughter was "devastated" and that she and her mother were "absolutely best friends."

8:48 p.m.

A Delta State University professor says campus police did a good job of quickly notifying faculty, staff and students about an on-campus shooting. English professor Bill Hayes says he respects police but was frustrated about the amount of information he received after the initial alert as officers sought a suspected gunman. Delta State University President Bill LaForge says within 10 minutes of a shooting being reported to campus police, the university sent a campuswide alert. He says it was sent Monday morning to students, staff and faculty members by text message and messages on Twitter and Facebook. The campus was locked down much of the day. Police were searching off-campus late Monday for Shannon Lamb, a suspect in the campus shooting and an earlier shooting death on the Gulf Coast.

7:35 p.m.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Shooter was another professor.