ethan schmidt gunned down inside his office. no word yet if anyone else was hurt.he campus remains on lockdown as police search for the killer and a spokesman for the mississippi department of safety says the suspect is no longer believed to be on campus. joining me on the phone, rod wheeler, former d.c. homicide detective, for some insights as to what may be going on with the manhu manhunt. now the breaking news is that police do not believe, rod, that this alleged shooter is actually still on the campus. why do you think they believe that? >> well, there's a couple of reasons, gretchen. actually, just to fithis is sti a very fluid investigation. you have several police departments as well as the fbi and the atf involved in this investigation of who this individual is. now, one of the questions that the investigators are trying to determine right away is whether or not this professor, professor schmidt, was actually the target of this one individual this morning. they don't know if he was the target or if he was just a random victim. they're trying to put all the

ethan schmidt. >> yes, sir. >> and was he one of your professors? my professors. but the campus is small. he was nearby department. he was friends be my professors and adviser. i knew who he was but i had only spoken to him a few times. >> what do you know about his presence on campus? was he someone especially well liked? well revered? looking at the bio seeing from the college's website, he seemed like he was very, very well achieved. >> yes. from what -- i mean, anybody that delta state university hires is going to be a good hire. but i -- my best friend knows him. he was a regular at hey joe's, a local hangout. they played department trivia and so the departments get together and play trivia to win scholarships for their department. and, you know, the english department won it several times. i'm proud to say. and i know that he played with the english department. and he was loved by those -- the faculty an the staff and the people that work at hey joe's gotten a lot of text messages telling me how much they loved him an how upset they are and a

the victim, ethan schmidt, as you say, professor of american history, got his ph.d. at the university of kansas. teaches all levels of american history and was considered beloved. many people have spoken so kindly about him since his death, and his death is being mourned by faculty and students at the university. police are also saying that they're looking into the possibility that lam may have been involved in a homicide earlier this morning in go shay, mississippi, on the gulf coast, several hours, maybe five hours south of cleveland where the shooting occurred this afternoon. it's east of biloxi. police there have been quoted as saying they believe that lam may have driven an suv from go shay up towards the university and say that a vehicle matching that description was found at the university. so that's why they're making that link. they're looking into the possibility that those two incidents are linked. the school remains on lockdown, according to authorities, but police are going building to building, releasing students as they can, so that they can go home sa

the victim is assistant professor ethan schmidt. officials say no students were involved as of yet. now, the 4,000-student campus on lockdown just four week swoos the new semester. about a dozen area schools on lockdown as a precaution. mississippi highway patrol, local police and the atf all on the scene right now. s.w.a.t. teams are clearing the buildings, room by room. msnbc analyst jim cavanaugh is a retired atf special agent in charge and worked in this area of mississippi. he joins us now. when's the biggest obstacle for police here as they try to secure this situation? >> well, what they're doing is moving the people away. that's the challenge. they're doing that efficiently it looks like and then certainly search all those buildings for the shooter. but they may have some incase of what's going on here. they reported, mark potter reported earlier that they said the shooter was not a student. so there is some indication they may have some identification on them. maybe this was a robly gone bad, maybe a personal motive. we don't know a random attack, we don't really know enoug

drove 300 miles to the campus of delta state university where he killed popular history professor ethan schmidt. the shooting shattered the peace of this small and close knit town. >> i never thought it would be here at delta state. >> reports indicate lamb believed the woman was in relationship with schmidt but police won't confirm that. >> i can't answer that. it would be pure speculation on our part and we are not going to speculate in this investigation. >> classes at delta state university campus are canceled for today they will have a candlelight vigil for professor schmidt this evening on campus. >>> kelly wright live for us. >> extreme weather breaking overnight. eight people dead five others missing after flood waters wash away a vehicle in utah. the van was packed with children. three people somehow managed to survive the dramatic video also showing another caress cued along the arizona border. the search for the missing was called off overnight but will pick up again this morning. >> thousands homeless as two wildfires rage across northern california. >> looks like a war zone. we hav

shared a home with and suspected in the murder of dealt at that time state university professor ethan schmidt. authorities put the school on lockdown yesterday just after schmidt's death. >> i took his class over the summer. >> elves a great guy. and just pray for him and his family. >> reporter: shannon lamb was also part of delta state's faculty. he taught geography and education classes. investigators are now seeking a motive for both murders he's accused of. >>> ahead tomorrow night, republican debate. donald trump spoke to a sold out crowd in dallas last night. ticket holders lined up trying to get a good seat and despite calls from some of the gop to tone down his rhetoric, trump said the u.s. is becoming a dumping ground for the rest of the world. he was surprisingly mild when it came to his rivals. >> i like carly. and i like ben. and i like many of the people that i'm running against. i mean, many of these people are terrific people. but nobody's going to be able to do the job that i'm going to do. nobody. they won't. >>> well, outside the arena, hundreds marched to protest trump's a

one of them attended a church vigil tonight for ethan schmidt. one talked about shannon lamb other than being shocked he was the suspect in this shooting. >> you talk about the fact that there was a church service for professor ethan schmidt. what about the woman, 300 miles away that shannon lamb apparently lived with. have you heard anything at all? >> not much. you know, like i said people are very tight lipped about this whole incident. this morning everyone wanted to talk about the history professor, how great he was. then, the story began to unravel, people shied away and didn't want to talk about it. they said we'll wait to comment until the story has broken so we know details. that is where i am right now. >> it is understandable and we don't want to speculate what happened or the motive of what caused this man t his live in girlfriend and then drive 300 miles to the campus of mississippi delta and open fire on a professor there, killing him. and of course, the result is that we're now getting information from the university police that he

he was apparently friends at one point with history professor ethan schmidt who would become one of the victims. last year schmidt published a book which i mentioned lamb and other university staff in the acknowledgements thanking them for their quote, support and friendship. although lamb was familiar with both victims, police say they found no evidence to suggest that the two victims knew each other. here is what the police chief said in a news conference this morning. >> first thing i would like to do is dispel any rumors our investigation is leading toward this being a quote, love triangle. we have no information. we have no evidence to show or prove this was quote a love triangle about. >> reporter: police say an electronic license plate reader identified the suspect's car as it was crossing a bridge from arkansas back into mississippi last night. officers followed lamb into a subdivision where they say he left the vehicle, ran into a wooded area. police say they heard a gunshot. when they went into the woods they found lamb dead with what appeared to be a self-inflicted wound to t

ethan schmidt. >> i knew ethan schmidt very well. i met him in that corner two years ago when he and i were newbies on this campus. i had just come here as president, and mistook him for a student at first. he's youthful in his appearance and his actions. he's a wonderful fellow. >> many colleagues are calling professor schmidt a star of the delta state faculty. >>> the corruption trial for u.s. senator bob menendez from new jersey will likely be pushed back until next year. >> the defense has filed a motion to vacate the current trial date of october 13th. prosecutors don't plan to oppose the motion. senator menendez is accused of accepting cash and gifts in exchange for political influence. both sides are due in court thursday to argue about why the indictment should be dropped. >>> two pennsylvania men are now facing charges in two separate child pornography investigations. attorney general kathleen cain announced their arrests earlier today as part of her office's ongoing efforts to crack down on online child porn. 29-year-old ma

ethan schmidt taught american history and was well published in his field. he was shot and killed yesterday by another delta state teacher who killed himself as police closed in. the university president says he knew the murdered professor very well. >> i met him in that corner two years ago when he and i were knewbies on this campus. i just came here as president. mistook him as a student at first. he's youthful in his appearance and actions. he's a wonderful fellow. >> the killer has been identified as delta state geography professor shannon lamb. police say lamb also killed his girlfriend at the house they shared and left a note apologizing for her death. he also called 911 and confessed. about 45 minutes later he killed professor schmidt. lamb killed himself last night as police closed in. >>> the evening news anchor at wdbj has gone back to work in roanoke for the first time since his girlfriend was murdered live on the air. several weeks after reporter alison parker and photographer adam ward died, chris hurst had a message for his viewers. >> i know t

professor ethan schmidt.he deputy coroner say the gunman shot him inside an office, and this may be the second incident of the day. the first on the mississippi coast. a shooting left a woman deadÑáí. cops on the coast now say and tell local media they believe the same man whofycÑ killed so@ woman. professor schmidt joined tell tw august4 after spending six years in texas tech university. he was a professor of american history, e dealt emotionally also know he was married and had two children. this is turn taught be a tragedy of enormous proportions from a number of different standpoints. >> t85h÷ first shooting this morning on the coast, is that a female victim? love triangle? >> i'm sorry shame have detailed that for you. i it was woman that was killed in that home an,k it's believed that lamb was romantically involved with the woman, and police also believe that schmitt was likely romantically involved with the woman as well describing that would have been early this morning because my understanding the l

authorities say that ethan schmidt was killed in his campus office this morning. he work in the history department. police identified shanon lamb, a university employee, as a person have interest. ham is awe suspect in another mississippi killing. >>> philadelphia police make an arrest in connection with the sexual assault in german town and police say the suspect attack is only 15 years old. "eyewitness news" reporter hheel solomon is in the neighborhood with the latest, r areheel. >> reporter: police say friday evening the victim was driving by spotted her attack and called police and made at rest. take a look just down the road there is where the arrest happened and just feet away on the other side of the block is where the attack was reported. with kathy wright going over to neighbor carmen pope's home on monday she wanted to warn her of the string of recent theft assaults. wright didn't know at the time that police had made an arrest, less than a block from one of the incident. >> very bold individual for someone to commit a crime. there is something wrong, t

the coroner identified the victim as ethan schmidt, a history professor there.he university has told students to shelter in place as law enforcement continues to search campus buildings for the shooter. authorities have not discussed a possible motive at this point. the university has cancelled classes for the rest of today and tonight. >> at this time we're not -- we don't think he's on campus, but we're not taking anything lightly, and at this time we're methodically going building to building to get the student ls out and let them leave and go home safely. >> and again, minutes ago they identified the suspect as a university employee named shannon lamb. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you updates on air and through the nbc 10 news app. >>> well, that dramatic music means only one thing. we are now less than three hours from the moment that eagles fans have waited for for months now, the 2015 season opener is here. >> that's right. tonight the birds take on the falcons in atlanta and with nine new starters making their debut for the eagles, you c

police say lamb drove about 300 miles to delta state university and shot professor ethan schmidt who he knew three times in the head. professor lamb's killing spree came to an end late monday night when he took his own life. meanwhile, the delta state university community turned out last night for vigil to honor their professor, ethan schmidt. thirty-nine year old professor taught history and was very active on campus, by participating in several organization cents including the student success tax force. that's that campus is just reeling. >> 19:00. transportation safety officials looking into a horrific school bus crash in houston, texas, that left two student dead and three other hurt. investigators say driver swerved to avoid hitting another merging car. then slammed into the bus. oh, look at the bus there. police say the bus driver over corrected, hitting the guardrail, flipping on to the road below. two girls on board, they were 14 and 17 years old, did not survive. the bus driver and two other student are still on the hospital but should be okay. the other teacher involved sam

a professor at delta state university, and that professor has been identityfied just in to cnn ethan schmidtssor who we are learning from authorities there who was shot and killed at delta university, and this is according to the deputy coroner of boulevard county, and that deputy coroner saying that schmidt was actually shot in the head at least once. so, this is an active shooter situation there at delta state university in cleveland, mississippi. you can see there that this is a delay, and we don't want to give a away the operations there on the ground, but the you can see the authorities there, and we have learned from a local reporter on the ground, but they have zeroed in on the building where the shooter on campus may be held up. and so we will continue to bring you details of the identity of that from fes sor-- of that professor ethan schmidt just released. >>> and now, on cnn wednesday night, we will provide the next pivotal moment in the campaign, and it is who is best positioned to bring in the best gains. i want to bring in jeff zeleny, and molique henderson, and jeff, is this a

he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend and later, a fellow professor, ethan schmidt at delta university on monday. there's a gofund me memorial fund to raise money for schmidt schmidt's children. >>> and the faa has prohibited drones in those cities and surrounding cities. and he says he will speak in english when he addresses the white house and congress and united nations. >>> time now to get down to business. right now, stock futures slightly lower following tuesday's rally ahead of the fed's decision on whether to move interest rates. and hul ewlet packered hopes to save 2.7 billion dollars by cutting 30,000 jobs. >>> so, you want to see that snapchat again? well, you can for a fee. they're now letting users replay a snap up to three times for a dollar. and what if hitting the like right? well, they're working on a dislike button for people to express themselves in other ways than the like post. >>> and fedex raising shipping january. >>> and just ahead, ufc football has a new player, just one thing, he's blind. >>> and a "game of thrones" villain arm wrestles a wildlife rescue work

ethan schmidt. at that point, a lockdown of the university was initiated. we wanted to make sure the students, faculty staff, administering was as safe as they could be. at this time in this investigation is ongoing. we do have earlier i said a person of interest in a mr. shannon lamb. excuse me, i'm sorry. we identified him as a person of interest at this time we are going to upgrade him to a suspect. we are actively pursuing mr. lamb at this moment. we have information that we're following up on. we have leads we are following up on. we've identified several vehicles that mr. lamb could possibly be using. we have located some of those vehicles and checked them out. there are a few vehicles we have not located and the press was given a copy of a tag number this afternoon. >> that it's news this hour. at 5:04 local time there in cleveland, mississippi. local officials saying that shannon lamb is no longer a person of interest. he is now a suspect. as you just heard, upgraded from a person of interest now to a suspect. they have also said earlier they believ

ethan schmidt.ill be the subject of a candlelight vigil. >> reporter: that vigil will be held on campus tonight. >>> u.s. and chinese officials will unveil a joint plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. and the climate leader's suck mitt is focused on local solutions. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: from wildfires whipping across the state to bone dry riverbeds. california has seen the extreme effects of global warming this summer. this los angeles, long considered the smog capitol of the u.s. matt peterson says there is renewed urgency to combat climate change. >> we need to be the leaders here in l.a., here in california of how we're going to fight climate change. >> reporter: peterson is the city's first sustainability officer, part of l.a.'s aggressive push to slash emissions by 80% over the next 35 years. >> if you think about the global challenge of climate change we really have to set ambitious targets. >> reporter: the mayor will help lead the discussion at any first u.s. china cli

a vigil for professor ethan schmidt is planned for 7:00 p.m. tonight.dam reese joins me now from the delta state campus in cleveland, mississippi. adam, let's talk a little bit more about a possible motive here. are we learning whether or not that has been clear, and whether or not there's any connection between the two victims? >> none of that is clear right now. it's possible the president here says he's just a disgruntled employee with an axe to grind. these professors knew each other. professor schmidt had acknowledged him in a book he wrote about history. one thing they'll be looking at, he had asked for a lighter load. he had asked to lighten his professorship, he was teaching two courses online. he lived a distance from here in gautier with his girlfriend, who you just mentioned. so they're still trying to connect the dots here, they don't have a motive, other than to say that it's quite possible he just snapped. >> you mentioned a vigil that will be taking place tonight. tell us about what we're expecting, who's expected to attend, what kind of

ethan schmidt and amy prentiss on monday. >>> the sidwell friends association will be purchasing the washington home. the home will help the residents find other care before it closes next year. >> we will work on a transition plan with each one of them and their families. we realize this is very traumatic. >> forcing that on these residents by a nonprofit is unconscionable. >>> a maryland man has died from west nile virus. health officials say the elderly man lived in baltimore county. there are currently 29 confirmed cases of west nile virus in maryland. last year at this time there were just six. >>> a gator found in a montgomery county koi pond last week is now safe and sound in a maryland zoo. >> we were wondering how it got there. our stephanie ramirez learned today it's not the only one. >> reporter: i'm stephanie ramirez at the wildlife zoo and reserve in maryland. this is like a refugee camp for these illegal gators found all throughout the state of maryland. the zoo owner's son tells me this is the only zoo in the state accepting them. >> they're so awesome. >> reporter: to

shannon lamb, a geography professor, entered the office of a beloved professor on campus, ethan schmidtolice say he earlier killed his girlfriend at their shared home some 300 miles from here. after that this school went on lockdown. there was an immediate manhunt. people were told to stay indoors, stay away from the windows. it wasn't until late last night they finally located him 35 miles from here in greenville. as they waited for back-up, he killed himself. today was going to be a celebration here and it is now going to be a vigil for professor schmidt. it was going to be a 90th celebration, 90 years of delta state university. >> i understand. i understand they brought in a lot of counselors from neighboring communities and colleges to support the students. is that under way today. >> reporter: absolutely. there were a lot of people here very upset by this whole incident. chaos, people were very concerned about their own safety. for a period people didn't know where he was. as classed resume tomorrow, they'll get back to some kind of normalcy here. >> terrible time. thank you for th

the victim has been identified as ethan schmidt a history professor. in the head at least once in his office. >> we lost one of our beloved professors today with dr. ethan schmidt and we are grieving on this campus for his loss. >> reporter:. >> we do have a person of interest at this time and we're actively pursuing every lead we have. >> reporter: that person of interest has been identified as shannon lam an employee of the university. investigators don't believe he's still on cam bus and they're following up on leads. they have not recovered any weapons. it's still unclear what relationship, if any, the professor and his killer may have had. authorities did confirm at the late afternoon news conference that lamb may be connected to another homicide. and there are reports at this hour published reports that the other homicide victim was a woman lamb was romantically involved with and he may have believed she was also in a relationship with some mitt. local and federal authorities now involved in this search for lamb. the university remains on lockdow

investigators say the professor who was killed ethan ethan schmidt was killed as he sat in an office. [indiscernible] >> a candlelight vigil is planned in his memory this evening. >>> a search is under way for at least five people who are missing after flash flooding in utah. another eight people were killed when they were caught off guard by a rushing wall of water. dj bullerjack has the latest. >> reporter: workers used heavy equipment to clear mud and debris from the scene of last night's flash floods. the hood of the car is barely visible as rescuers search for five people who were swept away. at least eight people died. with rushing water all around them, several women and children were pulled from this stalled car monday night. >> yeah, they're getting everybody out. >> reporter: witnesses captured this dramatic scramble to safety as the water roared down a mountain and through the surrounding canyon. >> one of the ones that were rescued was about half a mile downstream. >> reporter: the city of nearly 3,000 is prone to flooding but not like this. >> they have stopped outside of

ethan schmidt was in his office when fellow school professor shannon lamb came in and just killed him. there are 3,500 students at the university which is near the arkansas/mississippi state line. >>> well, it sure sounded scary, but police are now discounting reports of a plot against pope francis. >> the chair of the house intelligence committee told abc sunday there was a threat, but that it had been disrupted. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan at the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception where pope francis will deliver an outdoor mass. the new york city police commissioner said today that there is no credible threat against pope francis, that despite reports over the weekend that the u.s. had broken up a plot against him. >> we somewhere at this time as we're speaking to you going forward no credible threat directed against this event that we're aware of cautiously monitoring as you might expect. >> reporter: in new york, philadelphia and washington police are mobilizing a massive effort to keep the pontiff safe. the chair of the house homeland security committe

the victim has been identified as ethan schmidt, who worked in the history department. a person ofreleased interest in the case. officials and companies say more than 23,000 people have been displaced -- officials in california seven more than 23,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in the state. authorities are concerned at least one death. the community of middleton is at the heart of the largest fire is now a virtual ghost town. james cook is there and filed this report. mes: they used to wildfires in california, but not like this. firefighters say that the blaze that started on saturday was explosive. it was hundred 3000 people. now much of this is ruin. >> this is one of the worst fires i've seen in my 28-year career with cal fire. levelifficult to see this of destruction in a small, tightknit community like this. james: this apartment complex with nearly 50 homes has been .ompletely destroyed there is still a strong smell of smoke in the air here, and the fire is still burning around this area. it is fear that many more homes could end up like this. escaped

lamb was accused of killing delta state university professor ethan schmidt in his office yesterday. he was wanted for the death of a woman he shahared a home with. >>> one week before arrives in the states, pope francis is weighing in on the growing refugee crisis in europe warning this is just the tip of the iceberg and that the crisis is fueled by an unjust economic system. now, he called again for catholics around the world to welcome refugee families. there is no welcome for those families this morning in hungary. abc's terry moran is there. >> reporter: a race against time at the hungarian border today. and the time is minutes. this mother and her daughter, among the last to cross, and then -- this is the moment. hungarian police are now finishing the construction of this fence. closing the last gap over these railroad tracks and for the first time now, they're turning people back. so, we went over to the other side, to serbia, where we met muhammad from damascus, syria, and walked up to the police line with him. >> can you let me cross? >> not able to cross here. >> okay, but

assistant professor ethan schmidt shot to death in his office this morning.s shannon lamb. he has vowed that he will not go to jail. lamb may also be responsible for murdering his female roommate. >>> controversial country clerk kim davis returned to work today, refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses but one of her deputies does. davis spending near highway a week in a kentucky jail says religious convictionses leave her with an impossible choice. >> my conscience or my freedom. my conscience or my ability to serve the people that i love >> the license issued today does not include davis' name. kentucky's governor says it is still valid. >>> coming up, gas prices have fallen dramatically over the last month. one stakes where you can fill up for less than $2 a gallon. >>> and in tonight's "healthcheck" report, the die that's could dramatically lower a woman's risk of breast cancer. >>> only the third time this month where temperatures in the afternoon are below average, 77 degrees. again we are heading well above normal with afternoon highs, showing you

. >> now this is the history professor ethan schmidt, the man police say lamb shot and killed, a relative tells us he had three children. the shooting sent delta state university into a lock down. students told to shelter in place. delta state has canceled classes today but will be open for counseling. police say lamb was a suspect in the shooting death of a woman he lived with, that happened hours earlier about 300 miles away from delta's campus. we'll continue to monitor this and bring you new information. tracy davidson, "nbc 10 news." >> 4 minutes after 4:00. philadelphia police say someone on the top floor of a temple university dorm shined a laser at a police helicopter. the lieutenant of the police department's aviation unit tweeted this photo after 11:30 last night. if you look closely you can see a red light reflecting off the top of the dorm, the top floor window i should say. the lieutenant said someone inside quote hit us twice tonight, a few seconds apart. police say they will not go after the person responsible this time but they want people to remember that pointing lasers

. >> reporter: lamb is suspected of murdering history professor ethan schmidt in his delta state office t. shooting touched off a campus-wide alert. >> oh my gosh! >> reporter: heavily armed police swarmed the school going room to room searching for the gunman while students and faculty stayed locked inside classrooms for hours. >> people are running left and right. have you police officers approaching you, just telling you to run and get out of the way. >> reporter: hours after the shooting, another grizzly discovery, this one 300 miles away the body of 41-year-old amy prentice was found in the gulf coast home she shared with lamb. she, too, had been shot to death. investigators say lamb is suspected in her death as well. the 45-year-old lamb taught at delta state for the past six years and had just earned h doctorate in education. >> he was always calm and always very nice. and i just can't -- i wasn't expecting this from him. >> vergs at the scenes of both shootings say they have not yet uncovered a motive. now, the second debate between republican presidential conte contenders is to

police arrive on the chaotic scene in minutes and make a grim discovery. 39-year-old professor ethan schmidt gunned down in his office. they connect the crime to 300 miles in gosher, when police say he called to report that his girl friend, amy prentice, had been shot and killed in her home. >> we don't nope why she did wh what. >> you the what professors did know each other. in schmidt's book, he acknowledged saying "i am so wonderful to have such great people. >> he was a great scholar of native american history. we're heart broken. >> this was supposed to be a very special day on the campus. the 90th anniversary celebration of delta state. instead, jose, they're going to reschedule those activities and will be holding a vigil for professor schmidt. >> i imagine the entire community is in a state of shock and grieving. >> absolutely. most of the 3,000 student who go to school here live in this community. so their parents are literally just down the street and it has shaken this community to its core. but there is some relief in knowing this was not a gunman on the loose, it appears to be m

the victim was american history professor ethan schmidt, gunned down in his office. police say they're searching for a suspect, shall shannon lamb, who works at the university and may have killed a woman whose body was found today 300 miles from campus. a year after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer in ferguson, missouri, a commission appointed by the governor called today for a series of reforms. michelle miller is in ferguson. >> it has not been easy. change is hard. >> reporter: governor jay knickson's task force was created to address the underlying causes of the violent clashes between police and protesters following the police shooting of michael brown. as expected, the report calls for plenty of police reforms, including standard protocols for dealing with mass demonstrations and a non-militarized response to them. more anti-bias and sensitivity training for cops and a database the track police use of force cases. but the report also calls for deep societal and economic change. committee cochair, the reverend starsky wilson,

geography instructor shannon lamb accused of killing history professor ethan schmidt at delta state university in mississippi. no word on a motive for the shooting. lamb is also the suspect in a murder of the woman he lived with some 300 miles away from campus. cops say they made contact with lamb who told them he was not going to jail. >> that devastating fire in a drought stricken northern control. a fire north of napa valley has destroyed hundreds of homes. this is in the town of middletown. an elderly disabled woman trapped in her home over the weekend was killed. thousands fled saying the speed of the fire was like nothing they've experienced before. >> as we came down, fire everywhere. our neighbors' houses, friends' houses, everybody's houses are burning up. it's awful. >> one man taking this dramatic video this weekend while he was fleeing his home. flames eventually surrounded and destroyed his entire neighborhood. >>> a wake service held in new jersey tonight for one of the last remaining tuskegee airmen. the service was held in rutherford for lieutenant span who died at the age of 9

police say shannon lamb suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound accused of killing ethan schmidt in his office yesterday. lamb was wanted for the death of a woman he shared a home with also. investigators now looking for motives in both murders. >>> we are learning new details about the shooting death of doefs ponder. he was trying to arrange lodge are for occupations of a car when the driver took off at speeds up to 115 miles an hour. during a second stop a short time later the driver opened fire on ponder killing him. that driver was later killed by police after a massive manhunt. >>> big trouble for a new york city fraternity following the death of one of its pledges. michael deng was pledging when he died during a weekend away in the poconos mountains. deng was knocked out during a hazing ritual but fraternity members waited an hour to bring him to i ahospital where he was pronounced dead. now a grand jury is recommending third degree murder charges against five members, 32 others also face charges ranging from assault to hazing. >>> big honor in store for one american hero. airman

the shooting of ethan schmidt shut off a tense lock down and left the campus shaken. a candle light vigil for professor schmidt is scheduled for this evening. >>> san francisco supervisor scott weiner will introduce a new bill that will put affordable housing. it would speed up approving projects which in some cases can take years. separately mayor ed lee and supervisor mark ferrell would -- and allow developers to build more units. >>> time is 4:39. and the 49ers are off to a 1-0 start this new season after a victory over the minnesota vikings on monday night football. wearing those black uniforms for the first time there were miscues early for the niners. newcomer jared hayne he muffed his first punt return ruing in a lost fumble at mid field. the vikings couldn't score on their insuing drive. the niners got on the board before halftime. carlos hyde from the ohio state university on the spin move to get into the end zone for the ten yard score there. he rushed for 168 yards and would score another touchdown in the fourth. in the 20-3 victory. >>> the football season

authorities say ethan schmidt was gunned down in his office. the university university remains on -- university remains on lockdown. but police believe the gunman is no longer on campus. the school of some 3500 students is near the mississippi arkansas stateline. >>> port authorities in los angeles are trying to determine how two planes packed with people bumped into each other near a terminal. the united flight was taxiing to the gate and an alaska jet was pushing away when the two planes clipped each other. it happened before 8:00 last night. some passengers reported seeing part of the wig on the tarmac -- part of the wing on tarmac. engineers will be inspecting moth moth -- inspecting both aircraft. >>> it's cooler and breezier around the bay area. rosemary will join us with your bay area work forecast. >>> it's time for the 49ers to get down to business. they open the season tonight at levi stadium. we'll tell you what they have to do to keep a monday night streak going. it's tougher than ever to be a foster farms chicken. but foster farms

ethan schmidt was shot by a collogue shanon lamb monday morning. lamb also murdered his girlfriend, lamb took his own life, last night. >>> unrulely passenger who kissed a flight attendant and then punched her facees charges tonight. woman was on a flight from my am toy chicago when chaos broke out. passengers say that she was kicking the seat in front of her when a man turned around to complain, she hit him. the the drama continued when the flight attendant tried to intervene. >> she was talking about her boyfriend and then she grabbed her by the face, kissed her and then punched her in the face. >> pilot then asked passengers to restrain the woman. flight was divert todd indianapolis and police arrested her there. in addition to the charges, 25 years old daniellea reyes faces, she could be fine by the faa. >>> facebook's founder is giving a thumbs up to the thumbs down. mark zuckerberg said for years people have asked for a dislike button. they wanted to express empathy on posts about unpleasant news. the initial dislike button will be only a tes

detectives think lame have driven 300 miles to delta state university where professor ethan schmidt was shot and killed in his office. the campus has been on lockdown all evening because police are still trying to find lamb. police aren't revealing how they communicated with lamb, but they're warning people he is armed and dangerous. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. >>> he is making a major push to be the top democrat in 2016. and tonight vermont senator bernie sanders was in northern virginia, rallying supporters. he spoke for more than an hour at the prince william county fairgrounds in manassas. for much of that time he focused on what he says is a growing gap between the wealthy and the poor in this country. >> in virginia, in vermont, all over this country, people are working incredible hours. they're working two jobs. they're working three jobs. they don't have enough time to spend with their kids. and yet at the end of all of that, 58% of all new income is going to the top 1%. >> according to the most recent polls, sanders now leads hillary clinton in both iowa and new hamps

before finding his body. >> lamb was the subject of a day-long manhunt after police found professor ethan schmidtll accounts, lamb, who was an instructor at delta state, and schmidt, were friends. >> police say lamb also killed amy prentiss, a woman he lived with in another town earlier on monday. >>> seven people are now dead, and six others missing, after flash flooding swept away two vehicles carrying mothers and their small children. >> this happened monday in the small community of hilldale, utah. this is near the arizona border. the fire department said it's scaling back their search for the missing right now. but will be back in full force at day break. >>> at least one person has died in one of two major wildfires raging in northern california. more than 1,000 firefighters are trying to contain the so-called valley fire west of sacramento. >> to the east, fire crews are also battling the butte fire, the fires have displaced thousands of people. cnn's stan simon has more. >> reporter: with hundreds of homes destroyed, the massive valley wildfire has become the most destructive blaze of the

now, 45-year-old lamb was a college instructor who police say shot and killed a fellow professor ethan schmidtthe delta state campus in mississippi. during the first hours of the police search for the suspect, lamb, terrified students and teachers hunkered down in classrooms for hours as the campus was put on lockdown. now, armed officers went through buildings checking under tables and desks. the lockdown was lifted hours later but security remained tight. investigators say lamb is a suspect in the slaying of 41-year-old amy paren at the time of this accident who was found dead in the home she shared with lamb. officials say lamb died from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >> it's unfortunate that this had to happen. we didn't want it to happen this way but it wasn't our intentions for it to happen this way but unfortunately he was the one that made that decision. >> and officers in the two cities say they have not uncovered a motive for either of the slayings. we're live in the satellite center, erin o'hearn, channel6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you, erin. >>> also develop

lamb is suspected in the shooting death of delta state university professor ethan schmidt.b is also a suspect in the murder of a woman he lived with 300 miles away. police are still working to determine a motive. >>> the kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to say same sex couples returned to work at same day a same sex couple received a marriage license from her office. came davis spend five days in jail citing her religious beliefs. in her absence deputy clerks issued licenses. davis is now saying that can continue but under certain circumstances. >> any unauthorized license they issue will not have my name, my title or my authority on it. instead the license will state that they are issued pursuant to a federal court order. >>> davis drew both protesters and supporters outside her office. she is asking for the state legislature to make an accommodation for her religious beliefs. >>> vandals strike targeting the cars of the villanova university football team and its staff. the team returned from its season opener at uconn to find 15 vehicle

drove 300 miles to delta state university, where they say he shot and killed history professor ethan schmidt. police say he called in the first killing after 10:00 a.m., just minutes before he walked into a classroom building and shot his colleague to death, sending the campus into a panic. >> okay, sir, what is your name? >> um -- that's all i feel like saying right now. just go and take care of her. >> reporter: investigators found 41-year-old amy prentiss dead from a gunshot wound to her head. they say he left this handwritten apology, saying "i am so very sorry, i wish i could take it back. i loved amy and she is the only person who ever loved me." lamb killed himself as police were closing in. tonight, they're still not sharing a motive for either shooting. david? >> steve osunsami with us tonight. steve, thank you. >>> now, to another american university, 37 students, members of as fraternity facing a range of criminal charges. some now facing charges of murder. after a brutal case of hazing. authorities now say the frat members searched the internet after the incident, looking for wha

police have been searching for him all day after professor ethan schmidt was killed in his office at delta state university. lamb also suspected of killing his girlfriend in their home. that was 300 miles away from the school. >>> the reward is now more than double for the arrest of the arizona freeway sniper. officials under that award to $50,000. there have been 11 shootings along i-10 in phoenix. a 13-year-old was cut by shattered glass that shattered after it was hit by a bullet. no one was killed. this weekend three 18-year-olds were arrested in a copy cat using sling shots. >>> 4:49. hungary is threatening to arrest anybody who crosses its border illegally. that border sealed very tightly this morning. refugees struggling to beat a midnight deadline. that is when a new anti-immigration laws went into effect. meanwhile, european ministers continue to discuss the crisis. they cannot agree on how to share and disbeers these migrants. >>> 4:49. a flight from miami to chicago had to make an emergency landing in indianapolis. it was due to an unruly passenger. cell phone video shows

ethan schmidt was shot to death in his office, and police were outside their windows, looking for an active gunman. summer. i'll still in shock right now. >> he was a great guy and -- family. >> reporter: at 10:43, the school sent this emergency alert to cell phones across campus. students had to use desks to barricade their doors and had to walk out of school buildings heads. >> these students out here on the quad on the west side, can i put them in a building safer? >> reporter: tonight, the search continues for this man. 45-year-old shannon lamb. an instructor who taught gee yog fill at the university. >> at this moment, we do dangd rouse. >> reporter: police have now identified as a suspect in another killing that took five hours south, where a female victim was killed. authorities discovered her body short lilt before the shooting at delta state. >> we doe know our suspect leave here traveling in a gone suv, a vehicle of similar nature that matches the one he was last seen has been low kated at delta state. >> reporter: students item us police responded so quickly, it's almost a