A University of Arizona professor was shot and killed in an office on campus Wednesday, university police said. A former student at the university has been charged.
Murad Dervish, 46, was taken into custody several hours after the shooting, University of Arizona Police Chief Paula Balafas said Wednesday.
The department then received another call that there had been a shooting in the building. At 2:07 p.m., police were told the man had run out of the building’s main entrance.Dervish, 46, was taken into custody at 5:10 p.m. Wednesday at a traffic stop outside Gila Bend, Ariz., about 120 miles northwest of the university’s campus.
“Tom was always smiling — when I think of Tom, that’s my first impression,” said Xubin Zeng, a professor in the department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, who said Meixner had been a colleague and friend of 15 years. “He was always kind to everybody.”The broader scientific community shared memories and tributes to Meixner’s research contributions but even more so to his personal contributions as a mentor, friend, role model and family man.
“He was one of those people who is both very smart and very nice, and that’s who you want in science,” she said. “That’s who you want training the next generation.”
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