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Monday, 14 September 2015

Professor Killed in Shooting at Delta State University in Mississippi

The campus remained on lockdown

A history professor was shot and killed and the campus was on lockdown at Delta State University after an active shooter was reported at the school on Monday.
Professor Ethan Schmidt was killed Monday morning inside an office in Jobe Hall, according to the Associated Press. He led a first-year seminar program and focused on Native American and colonial history, the AP said.

The shooter is suspected to no longer be on campus, Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety told the AP. It is unclear how authorities determined the suspect is no longer on campus at this time. The identity of the suspect has not been released.
The university urged people to stay away from windows. The campus remained on lockdown on Monday afternoon. Delta State has roughly 3,500 students.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol, Cleveland Police and Bolivar County Sheriff’s Department were all on the scene, according to the university’s Twitter account. The Mississippi Governor’s office had also offered its assistance, the school said.
Secondary schools in the area were on lockdown as a precaution, according to the Bolivar Commercial, a local newspaper, but all children in the schools were safe.

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