Local and campus police officers are conducting a manhunt for a University of Georgia professor who is alleged to have shot three people to death in an off-campus theater in Athens, Ga., earlier today, according to reports from three newspapers that are frequently updating their coverage, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the —Andrew Mytelka

Update (4/26, 8:50 p.m.): An earlier version of this post mentioned student evaluations of Mr. Zinkhan on RateMyProfessors.com. The Chronicle removed that information, and several readers’ comments criticizing the decision to cite that Web site as a source of information, attacking The Chronicle, and, in one case, threatening physical violence. But we continue to believe that RateMyProfessors.com is a source that, like other blogs and Web sites, journalists may sometimes check. Readers seeking more-current information about the tragedy in Athens, Ga., should see a new post from earlier today.