Final update: Shannon Lamb, the Delta State shooting suspect, shot himself after he led police on a manhunt, CNN reported.

CNN said that Lamb spoke with police during some point of the day and told them he wasn’t going to jail. “He made good on his threat, police said: He pulled out a gun and killed himself.”

Officers found Lamb late Monday night. The suspect fled from his car into the woods and officers heard a gunshot. When police reached him they found the body, according to CNN.

Lamb was also the suspect in the shooting of “Amy Prentiss, who was found shot to death at a home in Gautier, a coastal city about 300 miles away from the university,” CNN reported. Lamb and Prentiss lived together and he taught with Schmidt.

Update, 6:31 p.m. ET:
Law enforcement at Delta State University are searching for Shannon Lamb, the person of interest in the shooting of Professor Ethan Schmidt, according to the Delta State University website.

The Delta State Twitter said that the person of interest may be driving a Dodge Avenger with a Stone County tag number STF015.

Although the Delta State website said it is not believed that the suspect is still on campus, the university is still under lock down.

The person of interest is still at large, CNN reported.

Mississippi’s Delta State University is under lock down as a male professor was shot and killed in his office on Monday, according to CNN .

Ethan Schmidt, a history professor at the university, has been identified as the victim, Bolivar County Deputy Coroner Murray Roark told CNN.

The victim was in his office when the shooting occurred, Roark told CNN.

The shooter is still at large, CNN said.

According to Delta State’s Twitter, the school is still on lock down. Mississippi Highway Patrol, Cleveland Police and Bolivar Sheriff’s Department are on scene as well as “hundreds of law enforcement from across the state.”

Delta State is located in Cleveland, Mississippi.

This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.

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