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Professor’s “Double Life” Revealed: Self-Defense Ruling in Fatal Shooting of MTSU Sociologist

Posted By Brandon Curtis
DEKALB COUNTY, TN — A four-month investigation into the death of a prominent sociology professor has concluded with a sobering look into a “double life” fueled by narcotics and extreme paranoia. On April 1, 2026, District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway released the final report regarding the December 4, 2025, shooting of 41-year-old Ashleigh E. McKinzie. The report confirms that the shooter, 27-year-old Todd Stanton, acted in justifiable self-defense when he fired through his windshield to stop a masked, armed woman from boarding his truck.

The incident began at 4:47 a.m. as Stanton was driving to work. Surveillance footage from a nearby home captured McKinzie—dressed in coveralls and a plastic skull mask—stepping into the roadway and using hand gestures to stop Stanton’s vehicle. As she “speed walked” toward the truck with a cocked .380 caliber handgun aimed at him, Stanton retrieved his own firearm and fired several rounds through his windshield.

While McKinzie was known to students and colleagues as an MTSU sociology professor, the TBI investigation uncovered a different reality. A longtime friend told investigators that McKinzie had been “strung out” on heavy drugs for over a year, frequently using methamphetamine, cocaine, and mushrooms.

This account was tragically corroborated by the Medical Examiner’s toxicology report, which found toxic levels of Methamphetamine (2300 ng/ml) and amphetamines in her system at the time of her death. These levels are consistent with extreme paranoia and auditory hallucinations—symptoms her current boyfriend noted had worsened in the weeks leading up to the shooting.

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