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From the Collection: Updates on the Oct. 5 shooting at UA series
Chief Paula Balafas of the University of Arizona Police Department shared information on the shooting death of a male professor on Oct. 5. The suspect, 46-year-old Murad Dervish, was arrested by the Department of Public Safety near Gila Bend three hours after the shooting.
Video by Jesse Tellez / Arizona Daily Star.
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UAPD is holding a press conference following a shooting at the James W. Harshbarger Building near East Second Street and North Mountain Avenue on Wednesday.
Suspected shooter was arrested later in the day by DPS troopers on Interstate 8 near Gila Bend.
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