Family speaks out after professor fatally shot

Family and friends of a Georgia theater professor who was fatally shot this week said they are in shock and searching for answers over the "senseless loss" of the mother of three, described by loved ones as a creative artist and bright light. Erica Anderson, 41, was shot and killed early Monday at a residence in Columbus, a spokesperson for the Columbus Police Department confirmed to ABC News. The shooting remains under investigation and police are not releasing any further details at this time, the spokesperson said. Anderson had started a new job this fall as a professor at Columbus State University, where she was a lecturer in costume in the school's Department of Theatre & Dance. She had just returned to Columbus after visiting her family, who remain in Indianapolis, and to help her hu