A now-fired professor on the University of West Georgia has been accused of fatally taking pictures an 18-year-old lady, officers stated.
Richard Sigman, 47, was arrested and charged with murder shortly after Anne Jones, 18, died after being shot in a parking deck in Carrollton, Georgia on Saturday, the Carrollton Police Department stated.
Police stated the officers have been initially known as to the Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton at round 12:30 a.m. over reviews of a girl who had been shot.
Jones was pronounced useless on the medical middle and Sigman was arrested and charged with murder, three counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm throughout the fee of crime, police stated.
Callers informed police that the incident unfolded off Adamson Square in a courthouse parking deck after Sigman obtained right into a verbal altercation with one other man at Leopoldo’s, a well-liked pizzeria in the sq..
Police stated the opposite man was alleged to have informed a minimum of one safety guard that Sigman had threatened to shoot him. When safety approached Sigman, they noticed that he had a weapon and ordered him to go away.
Sigman left and commenced strolling to the parking deck, the place he started taking pictures right into a parked automobile, placing Jones, police stated.
“Friends immediately drove her to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead,” police stated.
In a press release supplied to WXIA, an NBC affiliate based mostly in Atlanta, a spokesperson for the University of West Georgia stated Sigman was fired on Saturday.
“On behalf of the university, we wish to convey our deepest condolences to Anna’s family and many friends,” stated Dr. Brendan Kelly, UWG’s president, in a press release shared with WXIA.
“We know this news is difficult to process and affects many members of our university community. We ask that you keep Anna’s family, friends, and all who have been touched by this tragedy in your thoughts during this tremendously difficult time,” the statement said.
The university did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News. A webpage listing the school’s faculty with the Department of Management in the Richards College of Business had as recently as last month named “Rick Sigman” as a lecturer at the school. His profile has since been removed from the page.
According to WXIA, Jones had been enrolled to attend UWG in the fall, but police said she was not one of Sigman’s students, according to the outlet.
The teen had recently graduated from Mount Zion High School, according to a statement posted on social media by school leaders.
“Anna loved this school and this community and she will be missed dearly by many,” the assertion stated, sharing a link to a GoFundMe web page set as much as assist cowl funeral prices. As of early Monday, greater than $17,800 had been raised.