Shooting Reported at Delta State University

[ancianita]

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Source: Mother Jones

The victim has been identified as history professor Ethan Schmidt, according to Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Murray Roark.

One person is dead after a shooting at Delta State University in Mississippi, the school confirmed on Monday. The Clarion-Ledger reports the victim is a professor of the school. Approximately 4000 students attend the school in Cleveland, Miss.

As of this time, the shooter remains at large and the school is under lockdown.



Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/09/active-shooter-reported-delta-state-university

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[ancianita]

1. More from CBS about the shooter's apprehension. He's a university employee named Shannon Lamb.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/1-dead-after-active-shooter-reported-delta-state-university-in-mississippi/

[406-Boz]

2. A History Prof?

Prof gave someone the real story of the Civil War?

[Seedersandleechers]

3. His first book

The Divided Dominion: Social Conflict and Indian Hatred in Early Virginia, was published in 2014. "

[oldandhappy]

4. The gun culture is teaching me about

school I'd not known about prior to shootings. Wish I had learned about the academics instead.

[ancianita]

5. Good maps give some perspective. If the NRA holds sway, there'll probably be more guns on campus.

[petronius]

6. Locking. Sorry, but this is a duplicate of an earlier topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141206898

Please continue to post updates, additional sources, and commentary in the older thread.