{"id":108904,"date":"2021-01-20T14:52:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=108904"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:52:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:52:44","slug":"louisiana-professor-known-for-warmth-and-kindness-is-killed-by-father-in-law-in-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/louisiana-professor-known-for-warmth-and-kindness-is-killed-by-father-in-law-in-murder-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Professor Known for 'Warmth and Kindness' Is Killed by Father-in-Law in Murder-Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police say a professor at the University of Louisiana Monroe was fatally shot by his father-in-law in a murder-suicide on Sunday night, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n
Mer Rouge Police Chief Melvin Holmes confirmed to KNOE that officers from his department and those from the Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a home Sunday night on a report of shots fired.<\/p>\n
Once there, they found the victim, Joshua Comer, 39, and the shooter, Jack Matthews, 68, dead from gunshot wounds. KNOE reports that Matthews, a local business owner, was Comer's father-in-law.<\/p>\n
Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs told KLFY that Comer and Matthews appeared to have a confrontation in the home before the shooting.<\/p>\n
According to the Hawkeye<\/em>, the university's student newspaper, Comer was an assistant professor of communication and the communication program director at the school.<\/p>\n The school issued a statement on Twitter, saying, in part, "The ULM family is shocked and saddened by the loss of Dr. Joshua Comer."<\/p>\n Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for <\/em><\/strong>PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter<\/em><\/strong> for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n "His enthusiasm, warmth and kindness will be greatly missed," the statement continued.<\/p>\n The school is providing counseling services at no cost to students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n According to his faculty page, Comer received a doctoral degree in 2015 in communication and rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.<\/p>\n