Police in Gautier, Mississippi, are investigating a homicide that happened in the area Monday morning that could be connected to the fatal shooting of the Delta State University professor, Detective Matt Hoggatt with Gautier Police told CNN.
Hoggatt said the suspect in the Gautier shooting, Shannon Lamb, was last seen driving a green SUV. That vehicle has also been linked to the Delta State University shooting, Hoggatt said.
A 45-year-old professor at Delta State University is at-large and considered armed-and-dangerous following the shooting of his girlfriend and a colleague. The suspect has been named as Shannon Lamb. His girlfriend was found dead in the town of Gautier, Mississippi, on the morning of September 14. Not long after her body was discovered, there were reports of a shooting on campus at Delta State. One professor was killed in that attack, he was named as history teacher Ethan Schmidt.