Incident
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10-05-2022 Arizona Tucson 2-1
Location
October 05, 2022
University of Arizona - Harshbarger Building1133 E James E Rodgers Way
Tucson, Arizona
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Dr Thomas Meixner
- Age: 52
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Acquaintance
- Name: Murad Can Dervish
- Age: 46
- Age Group: Adult 18+
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- School Incident
- School Shooting - university/college
- Workplace shooting (disgruntled current or former employee)
- LOCKDOWN/ALERT ONLY: No GV Incident Occurred Onsite
- Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person
Notes
ex student who had been fired as teaching assistant and banned from building shot head of Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences; 2nd person inj by bullet fragments. Suspect arrest on I-8 near Gila Bend.
Guns Involved
2 guns involved.
- Type: 9mm
- Type: 25 Auto
Sources
- URL: https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-ex-student-fatally-shoots-professor-in-university-of-arizona-building/article_51d97866-44f4-11ed-8885-674535588761.html
- URL: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/arizona-professor-shot-killed-by-former-student-grew-up-in-maryland
- URL: https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100522_ua_shooting/ua-hydrology-prof-thomas-meixner-killed-by-ex-student-arrest-made-near-gila-bend/
- URL: https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/documents-alleged-uarizona-shooter-told-police-i-just-felt-so-disrespected-by-that-whole-department
District
Congressional District: 7State Senate District: 20
State House District: 20