GREENVILLE, Mississippi — A Mississippi city has declared a state of emergency following the death of a Baylor football player. Redshirt freshman Alex Foster, a Baylor Bears defensive lineman, was found dead Wednesday morning in his hometown of Greenville, Mississippi.

A former Mississippi high school football standout and Baylor University player died in a mid-week shooting in Greenville.

Baylor is mourning the tragic passing of a defensive lineman out of Mississippi. He was a redshirt freshman in the program.

One of Mississippi’s longest-serving current state senators, who published a memoir about how education helped him move from picking cotton to teaching science to making laws at the state Capitol, is resigning.

Baylor University football player Alex Foster tragically died from gunshot wounds in Greenville, Mississippi, prompting a city-wide curfew from 9 p.m.