Murphy High School Teacher Robbed At Gunpoint

Alabama Mobile Two masked gunmen attacked the female teacher just before 6 a.m. as she arrived for school.

by Jessica Taloney

Published: Thu, September 17, 2009 - 9:11 am CST Last Updated: Thu, September 17, 2009 - 4:35 pm CST

MOBILE, Alabama - Thursday 3:25 p.m.
A spokesperson for the Mobile Police Department identified the "property" stolen from the teacher as a purse.

Investigators have not yet identified the suspects.

Thursday 2:05 p.m.
Murphy High School Principal William Smith says the victim is a science teacher. He says the robbery happened while she was gathering her belongings from her car in the South Street parking lot on campus.

The parking lot is monitored by surveillance cameras, and Smith believes the attack was caught on tape. Mobile police have not released the video.

Murphy High School has several parking lots, but Smith says he is changing where teachers park. He says starting tomorrow teachers who arrive on campus early will park in a single lot with a security guard. He also wants to add lights to the lots.

Smith insists the campus is safe, but he urges neighbors who live near Murphy High School to report any suspicious activity.

Thursday 9:30 a.m.
Mobile police are searching for two men who robbed a Murphy High School teacher at gunpoint.

The masked gunmen attacked the female teacher just before 6 a.m. as she arrived on campus. Police say the men demanded "property," but police would not say what kind of property. The victim, who was not injured, complied with the demand, and the gunmen left the scene.

Police describe the first suspect as a black man with a dark complexion. He is believed to be 170-180 pounds and approximately 6'2". He was last seen wearing a dark floppy cloth hat, red bandana over his face, white shirt and denim shorts.

The second suspect is also a black male. He is 6' tall and was wearing a red shirt over his face and white shirt under the red shirt. He was also wearing denim shorts, according to police.

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carl Says:

Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:46 am

Wonder what ever happened to the case back in April where the two women were killed while with their children on coming home.It seemed to have faded away after being reported by Jamie Burch at the time.

worknmom Says:

Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 6:24 pm

maybe the problems at vigor followed the principal from vigor to murphy.

sheltiedad Says:

Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 1:27 pm

Another incident at Murphy but not mentioned on the WKRG news site…

According to the Press Register on Sat. 09/19, an assistant principal was punched in the face while trying to break up a fight on Friday at Murphy High School.

One 16 year old was charged with felony assault, two other 16 year olds were charged with disorderly conduct.

The assistant principal was cut near his eye.

rolltide33 Says:

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:11 pm

While I feel for the victims, everyday that I see multiple news coverage of more violence in Mobile, I see my property value on the Eastern Shore continue to climb. No way I would raise my family over there.

givemeabreak Says:

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:41 pm

I sure the DA’s office will get to when they can… cut backs and all..

sharonsjjboys Says:

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:39 pm

To linda1990 . . . .Ok . . . . First of all Teachers should be able to arrive at their school and feel safe. Secondly some Teachers need to put grades in a web grader which means on a particular computer at their appropriate school. Thirdly you don’t know Teachers hours do you??? Since you, are not a Teacher, and not even remotely related to a Teacher
You have know idea how many hours a Teacher puts in on a daily bases…Yes, you are like many other people who believe that Teachers have a cushy job and summers off.
Wake up sugar you would be totally out of order..

Sirk Says:

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:29 pm

The reason the thugs were after her purse was because Obama promised them “change” and they figured they would go after it themselves.

ccw36575 Says:

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:42 pm

GUN FREE ZONES MY BUTT!!!!! See all they do is ring the dinner bell for the under belly of this city to come and feed. I would say that if you went to Murphy and saw a teacher you would not think he/she had a gun. But what do you think about all the youth on campus and walking around campus? Ha, just like schools are Drug Free Zones also.

linda1990 Says:

Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:00 pm

What was she doing up there that early. Also, what were the robbers doing up there that early. Sounds screwy to me.