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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong>ULM professor is killed in alleged domestic murder-suicide in Mer Rouge</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong><strong>Joshua Comer</strong>, 39, was shot dead by his father-in-law, on Sunday while both their wives were in the home they all shared </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong>Comer was </strong>di<strong>ed following an alleged altercation with his wife&#8217;s father, 68-year-old Jack Matthews, at a home in the village of Mer Rouge</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong>Matthews then died by suicide, Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs said</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong>The cause of the row between the men has not been revealed</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong>Deputies found that Comer&#8217;s wife and his mother-in-law were at the home at the time of the shooting</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#463f40"><strong>The victim&#8217;s wife, Cheyanne Comer, in a social media post said she &#8216;is in shock&#8217; after her dad shot and killed her husband</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Joshua-Comer-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-368837" width="601" height="470"/><figcaption><strong>College professor Joshua Comer, 39, [photo], was shot dead on Sunday night by his wife&#8217;s father, 68-year-old Jack Matthews, at a home in Mer Rouge, following an alleged altercation between the men</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A University of Louisina ;Monroe professor has been shot dead by his father-in-law in a suspected murder-suicide, police say. ;<br>Joshua Comer, 39, died Sunday night following an alleged altercation with his wife&#8217;s father, 68-year-old Jack Matthews, at the home they all shared in Mer Rouge. ;<br>atthews then died by suicide, ;Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs told ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/ulm-professor-dies-in-alleged-murder-suicide-in-mer-rouge/">KLFY.com</a>. ;<br>Sheriff Tubbs said the shooting occurred following an altercation but is not known why the two men may have argued. ;<br>Comer is survived by his wife &#8211; and Matthews&#8217; daughter &#8211; ;Cheyanne Comer. It is understood she was at the home, along with Matthews&#8217; wife when the incident occured. ;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Joshua-Comer-with-his-wife-Cheyanne-Comer-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-368839"/><figcaption><strong>Joshua Comer with hs survived by his wife Cheyanne Comer at their wedding [photo]. Cheyanne reportedly, she was at the home, along with her mother when the incident occured on Sunday ;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Sheriff Tubbs said: &#8216;When deputies and MRPD arrived they located two females and Mr Comer in a bedroom with the door secured. ;Officers learned that Comer had been shot by Matthews. ;<br>&#8216;We were advised by the females present that they heard another gunshot minutes after Matthews left the room. Deputies conducted a search of the residence and located Mr Matthews in another part of the house.<br>&#8216;He had died from a self inflicted gunshot wound.&#8217;<br>On a Facebook account believed to belong to ;Cheyanne she wrote Monday: &#8216;I am in too much shock to want to see or talk to anyone right now. But thank you for the prayers and offers of help.&#8217;<br></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Joshua-Comer-with-his-wife-Cheyanne-Comer-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-368840"/><figcaption>On a Facebook account believed to belong to Cheyanne she wrote: &#8216;I am in too much shock to want to see or talk to anyone right now. But thank you for the prayers and offers of help&#8217;</figcaption></figure>



<p>Morehouse Parish Sheriff Mike Tubbs confirmed the Mer Rouge Police Department and the Morehouse Parish Sheriff&#8217;s Office were dispatched to a shots fired call on Handy Hill Road in Mer Rouge around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. <br>Responding officers found Comer dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. The alleged shooter, Jack Matthews, was also located at the residence and dead by suicide, authorities said. <br>Both Cheyanne and her mom are understood to have been interviewed at the scene, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2021/01/18/ulm-professor-dies-alleged-murder-suicide-mer-rouge/4208485001/">The News Star</a> reports. <br>The bodies of the two men will now undergo an autopsy. <br>Assistant professor of communication Joshua Comer began teaching at ULM in 2017, the university paper said. His father -in-law Jack Matthews was an owner of Mer Rouge Wholesale warehouse of Sterlington.</p>

ULM professor Joshua Comer, 39, dead, ‘shot by his father-in-law, 68, in murder-suicide’, in the home they all shared, with both wives present
