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On Tuesday, a former University of Arizona grad student was found guilty of shooting and killing a hydrology professor on campus. The jury at Pima County Superior Court took less than three hours to decide that 48-year-old Murad Dervish murdered Thomas Meixner. In October 2022, Thomas Meixner, head of the University’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, was shot 11 times near his office and did not survive. Professor Meixner was 52 years old. Dervish, a former master’s degree student in atmospheric sciences, had been expelled from the university several months before the shooting due to ongoing issues with professors
June 11, 2024