The University of Idaho assistant professor accused of shooting and killing a 22-year-old female at a residence on South Lilly Street in Moscow on Monday night is dead, according to the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

Moscow Police said they served a search warrant at the University Inn-Best Western around 7:45 a.m. and found the body of Ernesto A. Bustamante, apparently dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the newspaper’s website says.

The University of Idaho issued a statement this morning saying that Bustamante is a “former faculty member who worked at the university from 2007 to 2011.” He was an assistant professor in the department of psychology and communication studies. More here.

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