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US Biology Professor Charged in Alabama Campus Shooting

   VOA News 13 February 2010
   Police  block  off  area around the Shelby Center on the campus of the
   University  of  Alabama  in  Huntsville  where  a suspect killed three
   fellow faculty, 12 Feb 2010

Photo: AP

   Police  block  off  area around the Shelby Center on the campus of the
   University  of  Alabama  in  Huntsville  where  a suspect killed three
   fellow faculty, 12 Feb 2010

   Police  say a biology professor at a southern U.S. university has been
   charged  with  murder  for  allegedly  killing three fellow professors
   Friday.
   Authorities  say three others were wounded when Amy Bishop opened fire
   in  a  science  building  on  the  University of Alabama at Huntsville
   campus during a faculty meeting.
   Bishop could face the death penalty, if convicted.
   A  university  spokesman  says  police  are  also questioning a second
   person   in  custody  in  connection  with  the  shooting.  The  local
   newspaper,  The  Huntsville  Times,  reported  the  second  person was
   Bishop's husband.
   The  school closed the campus after the shooting.  A message posted on
   the  university's  Web  site  said  no  students  were involved in the
   incident.
   A local television station reported the shooting occurred after Bishop
   learned during the meeting that she would not be granted tenure, which
   would have ensured her future employment as a professor.


   Some information for this report was provided by AP.

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