Suspect in Mississippi professor slaying found dead, linked to second murder


Shannon Lamb, the suspect in Monday's shooting death of a Delta State University history professor, said "he's not going to jail," Mississippi police said Monday evening, and he's not. Lamb died of self-inflicted gun wounds Monday night, after being confronted by police, The Associated Press reports. Police say that Lamb, 45, killed not only assistant professor Ethan Schmidt, 39, but also Amy Prentiss, 41, a woman he lived with in Gautier, Mississippi, some 300 miles south of Delta State's campus in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Police in Greenville, Mississippi, were following Lamb when he pulled over and fled his car, Delta State police chief Lynn Buford told AP Monday night. The police heard a gunshot, found Lamb with what was believed to be a self-inflicted wound, and brought him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. They gave no motive for Lamb's alleged murders.
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