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Delta State University shooting: Professor killed in his own office, gunman still on the loose Delta State University shooting: Suspect wanted for campus shooting also linked to woman’s death
(about 2 hours later)
A professor has reportedly been shot dead after a gunman opened fire at a university in Cleveland, Mississippi. The campus is on lockdown as police hunt the suspect. The main suspect who killed a college professor on Monday morning is now believed to have killed his girlfriend before the campus shooting in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Ted Ray would later identify Dr Ethan Schmidt as the victim, NBC News reported. Dr Schmidt leaves behind a wife and children. He was a professor of American history and author of several books. Dr Ethan Smith appears on the university's Facebook page. (Delta State University/Facebook) Dr Shannon Lamb, 45, is the main person of interest after a gunman opened fire on-campus at Delta State University killing Dr Ethan Schmidt in his own office. Dr Shannon Lamb appears in a police handout.
The shooting at Delta State University was reported at 10:40am on Monday after shots rang out at Jobe Hall, the university's auditorium. Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Ted Ray would later identify Dr Schmidt as the victim who leaves behind a wife and children. He was a professor of American history and author of several books. The campus was reported at 10:40am on Monday after shots rang out at Jobe Hall, the university's auditorium.
"Please stay inside and away from windows," the university wrote on Twitter. Dr Don Allan Mitchell, an English professor at DSU, told Mississippi Business Journal that Dr Schmidt specialized in Native American and colonial history and that he was a "gentleman in every sense of the word."
The Cleveland Police Department is assisting Delta State police with the investigation, the Clarion Ledger reported. “Dr Ethan Schmidt was a terrific family man, a good friend, a true son of Peabody, Kansas, and his beloved Emporia State University.” Dr Ethan Smith appears on the university's Facebook page. (Delta State University/Facebook)
Helen Staten, a graphic design student at the university, uploaded Instagram footage as she was locked in the room next to where the shooting took place: "Shooting was in the building right next to the one I was in. Please keep is all in your prayers and well wishes." The Cleveland Police Department is assisting Delta State police with the investigation, the Clarion Ledger reported. The college was immediately placed on lockdown. Faculty members and students were later escorted from the area.
Delta state president LaForge now at Jobe. pic.twitter.com/e8TIGUPwse Helen Staten, a graphic design student at the university, uploaded Instagram footage as she was locked in the room next to where the shooting took place: "Shooting was in the building right next to the one I was in. Please keep is all in your prayers and well wishes.”
  The shooter was later identified as Dr Lamb, a social science professor at the university. Gautier police Detective Hoggatt said during a press conference that Dr Lamb called police on Monday morning saying that a shooting happened at a woman’s home, nearly 300 miles from the apartment, the Sun Herald reported. The woman has not yet been identified.
  Dr Lamb obtained his bachelor's and master's and doctoral degrees at Delta State University.
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More than 4,000 students are enrolled at the university. Students and faculty were effectively escorted from the college campus.More than 4,000 students are enrolled at the university. Students and faculty were effectively escorted from the college campus.