University of Arizona Police Chief Paula Balafas speaks Oct. 5, 2022 in Tucson, Ariz. after a professor was killed in a shooting. 

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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