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JSU researcher in ICU after shooting
A Jackson State University researcher is in intensive care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center after being shot by a man trying to steal her purse Monday evening.
Andrea Michalkova Scott, 36, was shot twice in the back of the head, her husband Bill Scott of New Hebron said.
Her jaw is shattered on the left side and she may lose hearing in her left ear, Bill Scott said.
Andrea Scott was conscious and aware earlier this morning, her husband said.
She told him that two men confronted her in the parking lot of the John A. Peoples Jr. Science Building shortly before 7 p.m. and demanded her purse.
One man then struck her with a gun multiple times and took her purse, Bill Scott said.
When he found only $5 in the handbag, the assailant shot Andrea Scott in the back of the head, Bill Scott said.
Andrea Scott is a research chemist and mentor at Jackson State.