WILMINGTON, N.C. — The death of a North Carolina professor who recently announced his retirement amid backlash for comments he made on social media has been ruled a suicide.
The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office said an investigation showed University of North Carolina-Wilmington professor Mike Adams had killed himself with a single gunshot wound to the head.
Officials say his body was found last Thursday by deputies doing a welfare check at his home after he wasn’t seen or heard from in several days.
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The latest controversy involving Adams happened in late May when he called the state’s governor “Massa Cooper” on Twitter.
An online petition and some celebrities had called for his firing.
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