Arizona- Dr. Thomas Meixner, Head of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, U ofA, Fatally Shot, Suspect Grad student, Murad Dervish, 46, 5 Oct. 2022

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University of Arizona professor shot, killed on campus by former student, police say

A University of Arizona professor was shot and killed by a former student on the school's Tucson campus on Oct. 5, officials confirmed.

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Murad Dervish

Cops: Ex-grad student suspected in Arizona professor killing

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A University of Arizona professor who authorities say was fatally shot on campus by a former graduate student was an expert on desert water issues who faculty and former students described as a kind and brilliant colleague.

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''TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The University of Arizona has released the name of a professor who authorities said was fatally shot on campus by a former graduate student.

University President Robert Robbins identified the victim late Wednesday as Thomas Meixner, who had headed the school’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences.

“This incident is a deep shock to our community, and it is a tragedy,” Robbins said in a statement. “I have no words that can undo it, but I grieve with you for the loss, and I am pained especially for Tom’s family members, colleagues and students.”

''A few hours after the shooting, state troopers stopped a former graduate student, 46-year-old Murad Dervish, in a van about 120 miles (193 kilometers) northwest of the Tucson campus, university Police Chief Paula Balafas said during a news conference.''

 

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University of Arizona professor is fatally shot on campus; a suspect is in custody

The victim, Thomas Meixner, was the head of the department of hydrology and atmospheric sciences, university President Robert C. Robbins said in a statement.

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''A staffer called the university just before 2 p.m. and said a former student was in the John W. Harshbarger Building and should not be there, Balafas said.

The caller asked police to escort the former student out, but the shooting occurred before officers arrived, Balafas said. A handgun was used, she said.

The shooter then ran from the building through the main doors, she said.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested Dervish near Gila Bend, about 120 miles away, during a traffic stop at 5:10 p.m., Balafas said.''

Professor Thomas Meixner. University of Arizona

 

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Family and colleagues of Dr. Thomas Meixner remember his life, contributions

The family of Dr. Thomas Meixner, who was killed yesterday on the University of Arizona campus, has released the following statement.

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Excerpt from the family's statement
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"He was a great man, a deeply faith-filled and devoted husband and father. He was passionate about Hydrology, and one of the last acts he performed on this earth was to teach a class. He described his work as “making the world better through biogeochemistry,” but to us, he was trying to save the world’s most precious resource.

He recently retweeted the following quote, “Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.” Tom certainly lived this. He will be forever loved and missed by so many who knew him."

 

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This is surprisingly not a unique event:

USC PhD student accused of fatally stabbing professor on campus

A USC psychology professor was stabbed to death inside a campus building Friday by a 28-year-old student who was taken into custody, Los Angeles police said.

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Victim in S.C. murder-suicide had filed police report

University of South Carolina professor was killed by his ex-wife.

www.usatoday.com

 

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This is surprisingly not a unique event:

USC PhD student accused of fatally stabbing professor on campus

A USC psychology professor was stabbed to death inside a campus building Friday by a 28-year-old student who was taken into custody, Los Angeles police said.

www.latimes.com

Victim in S.C. murder-suicide had filed police report

University of South Carolina professor was killed by his ex-wife.

www.usatoday.com

I was also thinking of Professor Tom Marsh, an astrophysicist researcher from Warwickshire University in the UK, missing in Chile after an argument with a PhD student there.

Found Deceased - Chile - Tom Marsh 60, Uk National, University Professor missing from a research trip, 16 September 2022

A Warwickshire professor has gone missing during a research trip in South America, police say. Tom Marsh, a Warwick University academic from Rugby, had been visiting La Silla Observatory in Chile. He was last spoken to on Friday evening. Warwickshire Police said it was liaising with the Foreign...

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University of Arizona professor killed by former student identified

Thomas Meixner was a professor who headed the department of hydrology and atmospheric sciences, according to his official school bio.

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''Karletta Chief, director of the university's Indigenous Resilience Center, said she met Meixner when she was a graduate student in 2001 and he was new to the faculty. While she was not one of his students, her research in hydrology led to frequent collaborations. The last time she saw Meixner, who was a big supporter of Native American and indigenous communities researching water issues, was a week ago at a seminar his department co-sponsored.''

"It's just unimaginable that anybody would have any direct anger toward him. He was completely the opposite of that. He was just so kind and positive and always wanting to help," said Chief, who noted that Meixner never mentioned to her if there had been any trouble with a current or former student.''

 

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Arizona grad student accused of killing professor in 2022 had planned the crime, prosecutor says

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was in the midst of a psychotic episode at

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''TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was in the midst of a psychotic episode at the time of the shooting, his attorney said Monday.
May 20, 2024''

FILE - Arizona graduate student Murad Dervish sits in Pima County Superior Court, May 8, 2024, in Tuscon, Ariz. Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday, May 20, in the trial of Dervish, who is accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

 

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IMO there's something wrong with this guy, and it's not momentary psychosis.

 

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June 24 '24

Ex-University of Arizona student gets life sentence for killing professor on campus

A former University of Arizona graduate student was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a hydrology professor

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'TUCSON, Ariz. — A former University of Arizona graduate student was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus months after he was expelled.'

During the trial, Dervish’s attorney said his client was in the midst of a psychotic episode at the time of the shooting and urged jurors to consider a lesser charge of second-degree murder that could have meant confinement in a psychiatric hospital, rather than a prison cell.

But prosecutors said evidence showed Dervish planned Meixner’s killing and bought a 9 mm handgun a month before using it in the shooting.''