CARROLLTON, Ga. - The University of West Georgia community in a state of shock after police announced that one of its professors killed one of its students.Police say 47-year-old Richard Sigman shot 18-year-old Anna Jones at a parking deck near Adamson Square around 12:30 a.m.
Saturday.Friends rushed Jones to Tanner Medical Center, where doctors were unable to save her."It was shocking," said Cheyenne Sexton, who told FOX 5 that she has known Jones for years. "My mother-in-law called me and immediately told me and I burst out in tears."Sigman is now behind bars and out of a job.MAN, WOMAN CHARGED IN PREGNANT WOMAN'S DEADLY STABBING"UWG has terminated the employment of Richard Sigman and continues to work with the city of Carrollton Police Department, which leads this ongoing investigation," the university said in an email Saturday evening.It’s not clear if Jones was the intended target, or if they knew each other.BODY CAM SHOWS ARREST OF WOMAN WHO FELL FROM MOVING PATROL CAR, LATER DIED"It’s just it’s so close to home, and they wouldn’t really expect that," Sexton said. "She didn’t have anybody that hated her."Anna Jones, second right, passed away following an off-campus shooting Saturday morning.