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• Marie Bruce, president of the Town and Gown Players and an attorney in Athens, Georgia, was shot and killed by her husband George M. Zinkhan III on April 25, 2009.

  Authorities were still searching for Zinkhan, a professor at the University of Georgia, on April 27, 2009. He holds a ticket to the Netherlands on May 2, 2009, and his passport is missing. Zinkhan is wanted in connection to the shooting, which occurred during a lunch at the Athens Community Theater, where Bruce, Ben Teague and Tom Tanner were all killed.Times Online: Hunt for Professor Who Shot Dead Wife and Friends... (April 26, 2009) The State: Feds can't find Ga. shooting suspect's passport (April 27, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Full name: Marie E. Bruce
  2. Born: about 1962AJC: UGA professor suspected in deadly Athens shooting (April 25, 2009)
  3. Resided in Augusta, GeorgiaWRDW.com: Local Woman Killed by UGA Professor (April 26, 2009)
  4. Allegedly killed by husband George M. Zinkhan
  5. Date of death: April 25, 2009
  6. Ex-husband: George M. Zinkhan IIIWRDW.com: Local Woman Killed by UGA Professor (April 26, 2009)
  7. Family: Two children, 8 and 10 years oldAJC: UGA professor suspected in deadly Athens shooting (April 25, 2009)
  8. Divorce attorney, at one time a partner with J. Hue Henry at Henry and BruceMANTA: J Hue Henry Pc
  9. President of the Athens Town and Gown PlayersWRDW.com: Local Woman Killed by UGA Professor (April 26, 2009)

• Death at the Theatre

  On the early afternoon of April 25, 2009, Marie Bruce and two young children were at the Athens Community Theatre, having lunch with several of her associates in the Town and Gown Players. Her husband, George M. Zinkhan III, came into the lunch and argued with one of the people there, but shortly went away..AJC: UGA professor suspected in deadly Athens shooting (April 25, 2009)

  Authorities allege Zinkhan returned to the lunch about 12:30 pm, and shot and killed his wife and two of her colleagues, Tom Tanner and Ben Teague, and shot and wounded two others. Zinkhan then walked away. Police launched a search for Zinkhan, but had not located him by late in the afternoon.AJC: UGA professor suspected in deadly Athens shooting (April 25, 2009)

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