RIP Ethan Schmidt

[Buehler445]

Yeah. That Ethan Schmidt.

He was a very active alumnus of my fraternity when I was active and after I became an alumnus. Dude is top notch. Seriously one of the best. This is the first time somebody I knew personally was murdered. I don't recommend it.

If you would send some good thoughts to his family, I would appreciate it very much.

Story in the spoiler

Spoiler!

Delta State Shooting: Cops Hunt for Gunman After Professor Ethan Schmidt Killed on Campus

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...campus-n427036

A professor was shot to death at Mississippi's Delta State University on Monday — and the campus remained on lockdown as police searched for a suspect who is also a professor at the school.

Authorities were searching for Shannon Lamb, 45, after Dr. Ethan Schmidt was found fatally shot in his office at Delta State Monday morning, said Cleveland Police Department Chief Charles Bingham. No students were injured, according to police.

Police first named Lamb, who is listed on the school's website as a geography instructor, as a "person of interest" but later identified him as a suspect in the shooting.

Investigators believe Lamb might be in a 2011 black Dodge Avenger with the license plate number STF015, and asked anyone who saw Lamb or the car to call police because he is considered armed and dangerous.

Lamb was also being sought in connection with another deadly shooting that happened earlier Monday in the town of Gautier, which is about 300 miles south of Delta State. Gautier police said in a statement that they discovered the body of the murder victim, Amy Prentiss, 41, inside a home after 10 a.m.

Gautier Police Department spokesman Matt Hoggatt told NBC News that Lamb and Prentiss were living together in the home where her body was found. Public records also show that Prentiss and Lamb lived together at the address.

Police hadn't determined a motive for the campus shooting, Bingham said.

The school remained on lock down Monday afternoon, even though investigators had swept each building and believed Lamb had left campus, Bingham said.

But, he added, "We're not taking anything lightly."

A post on the school's Twitter page at about 10:45 a.m. local time said: "An active shooter has been spotted on campus near Jobe Hall. Please take immediate lock down action." Students and staff were also urged to stay away from windows.

Hundreds of officers from Mississippi Highway Patrol, Cleveland Police, Bolivar Sheriff's Department and the ATF responded to the scene.

Delta State later tweeted that police were clearing all campus buildings.

Students and staff could be seen spilling on to the streets on the outskirts of campus at about 1:30 p.m. Many were led into the Walter Sillers Coliseum, about a block away from the school. School officials said they were sending food, water and counselors to the arena.

The nearly one dozen schools within the Cleveland School District were also placed on lockdown as a precaution, a district spokeswoman said.

Delta State classes wouldn't resume until Wednesday, and a Delta State 90th birthday celebration scheduled for Tuesday would be postponed. But counselors would be on campus Tuesday, according to a statement from the school.

Taylor Blue, a freshman at the school, said she woke up Monday to a text message saying the school was on lockdown.

"I was scared to death," Blue, 18, told NBC News. She said she thought the campus was safe. "It's such a homey atmosphere, and I never thought this would happen," she said.

Blue was still on lockdown in her dorm room at 1 p.m. Monday, and said she didn't know where her roommate was. She said she was relieved that she was able to let her family know she was unharmed right away.

"My mom called me in a panic. My sister called me hysterically crying," Blue said. "My entire family is really worrying right now."

More than 4,000 students attend Delta State, which is near the Arkansas-Mississippi border.

"We mourn the loss of our colleague who has served us so well," said university president Bill LaForge during a news conference Monday night. "It is indeed a tragic moment for this university."

"He was a great scholar, a great friend and a gentleman in every sense of the word," Mitchell told NBC News. "We are heartbroken, especially for his family and three children."

"He's just the all-around good guy," said Schmidt's aunt, Barbara Schmidt Unruh, from the professor's hometown of Peabody, Kansas. "He was the best family man I have ever known," she added. "He would do anything for his family."

[Reerun_KC]

Sorry to hear that buddy. Prayers and thoughts your and his families way.

[Reerun_KC]

Dang what a crazy story. What the hell would the motive be?

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah. That Ethan Schmidt.

He was a very active alumnus of my fraternity when I was active and after I became an alumnus. Dude is top notch. Seriously one of the best. This is the first time somebody I knew personally was murdered. I don't recommend it.

If you would send some good thoughts to his family, I would appreciate it very much.

Story in the spoiler

Spoiler!

Delta State Shooting: Cops Hunt for Gunman After Professor Ethan Schmidt Killed on Campus

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...campus-n427036

A professor was shot to death at Mississippi's Delta State University on Monday — and the campus remained on lockdown as police searched for a suspect who is also a professor at the school.

Authorities were searching for Shannon Lamb, 45, after Dr. Ethan Schmidt was found fatally shot in his office at Delta State Monday morning, said Cleveland Police Department Chief Charles Bingham. No students were injured, according to police.

Police first named Lamb, who is listed on the school's website as a geography instructor, as a "person of interest" but later identified him as a suspect in the shooting.

Investigators believe Lamb might be in a 2011 black Dodge Avenger with the license plate number STF015, and asked anyone who saw Lamb or the car to call police because he is considered armed and dangerous.

Lamb was also being sought in connection with another deadly shooting that happened earlier Monday in the town of Gautier, which is about 300 miles south of Delta State. Gautier police said in a statement that they discovered the body of the murder victim, Amy Prentiss, 41, inside a home after 10 a.m.

Gautier Police Department spokesman Matt Hoggatt told NBC News that Lamb and Prentiss were living together in the home where her body was found. Public records also show that Prentiss and Lamb lived together at the address.

Police hadn't determined a motive for the campus shooting, Bingham said.

The school remained on lock down Monday afternoon, even though investigators had swept each building and believed Lamb had left campus, Bingham said.

But, he added, "We're not taking anything lightly."

A post on the school's Twitter page at about 10:45 a.m. local time said: "An active shooter has been spotted on campus near Jobe Hall. Please take immediate lock down action." Students and staff were also urged to stay away from windows.

Hundreds of officers from Mississippi Highway Patrol, Cleveland Police, Bolivar Sheriff's Department and the ATF responded to the scene.

Delta State later tweeted that police were clearing all campus buildings.

Students and staff could be seen spilling on to the streets on the outskirts of campus at about 1:30 p.m. Many were led into the Walter Sillers Coliseum, about a block away from the school. School officials said they were sending food, water and counselors to the arena.

The nearly one dozen schools within the Cleveland School District were also placed on lockdown as a precaution, a district spokeswoman said.

Delta State classes wouldn't resume until Wednesday, and a Delta State 90th birthday celebration scheduled for Tuesday would be postponed. But counselors would be on campus Tuesday, according to a statement from the school.

Taylor Blue, a freshman at the school, said she woke up Monday to a text message saying the school was on lockdown.

"I was scared to death," Blue, 18, told NBC News. She said she thought the campus was safe. "It's such a homey atmosphere, and I never thought this would happen," she said.

Blue was still on lockdown in her dorm room at 1 p.m. Monday, and said she didn't know where her roommate was. She said she was relieved that she was able to let her family know she was unharmed right away.

"My mom called me in a panic. My sister called me hysterically crying," Blue said. "My entire family is really worrying right now."

More than 4,000 students attend Delta State, which is near the Arkansas-Mississippi border.

"We mourn the loss of our colleague who has served us so well," said university president Bill LaForge during a news conference Monday night. "It is indeed a tragic moment for this university."

"He was a great scholar, a great friend and a gentleman in every sense of the word," Mitchell told NBC News. "We are heartbroken, especially for his family and three children."

"He's just the all-around good guy," said Schmidt's aunt, Barbara Schmidt Unruh, from the professor's hometown of Peabody, Kansas. "He was the best family man I have ever known," she added. "He would do anything for his family."

I worked with a guy that went to the same school as he did and was friends with him as well. he posted about it on facebook. Really is too bad.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Dang what a crazy story. What the hell would the motive be?

No idea. Crazy dude I guess. Story said he was a POI in another murder.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

No idea. Crazy dude I guess. Story said he was a POI in another murder.

Had to be something there to drive a person to do this.

My hunting buddy up in Courtland KS dad passed this am unexpectedly. Hit my son pretty hard as he had a lot of respect for him. He wasn't much older than your parents.

Strange day all around to say the least.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Had to be something there to drive a person to do this.

My hunting buddy up in Courtland KS dad passed this am unexpectedly. Hit my son pretty hard as he had a lot of respect for him. He wasn't much older than your parents.

Strange day all around to say the least.

Yeah I had to take our hired guy to the hospital because he had an anxiety attack and passed the **** out. Freaked me out a bit. It needs to be Tuesday.

[mdstu]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Dang what a crazy story. What the hell would the motive be?

Poon?

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

Yeah I had to take our hired guy to the hospital because he had an anxiety attack and passed the **** out. Freaked me out a bit. It needs to be Tuesday.

Agreed. It does need to be Tuesday. Man WTF is it with today and shit like this?

Sitting on the porch with the wife tonight talking about life really got me thinking how short it really is. Here today, gone tomorrow. I'm 42. Everyone of my gparents all pass between 82-85.... It hit me that life is more than. Half over for me. Then the news of losing our hunting buddys dad.
Then this happening to you a very close family to us. Makes things very surreal.

[Brock]

That is godawful. Wtf is up with people.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by mdstu

Poon?

Usually is in most cases.

[Hootie]

Damn.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Reerun_KC

Agreed. It does need to be Tuesday. Man WTF is it with today and shit like this?

Sitting on the porch with the wife tonight talking about life really got me thinking how short it really is. Here today, gone tomorrow. I'm 42. Everyone of my gparents all pass between 82-85.... It hit me that life is more than. Half over for me. Then the news of losing our hunting buddys dad.
Then this happening to you a very close family to us. Makes things very surreal.

I dunno man.

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by Brock

That is godawful. Wtf is up with people.

Man I don't know. I wonder if it's a lack of accountability in people's lives that allow them to commit such crimes? I could never fathom doing that. I would be afraid gma would come back from the dead and make me get my own switch for that ass whipping I was about to receive.

[Rain Man]

Sorry to hear, Buehler. What a terrible situation.