Police: Ex-grad Student Suspected in Arizona Professor Killing

Police: Ex-grad Student Suspected in Arizona Professor Killing
Law enforcement work at the scene of shooting at the John W. Harshbarger Building on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz., on Oct. 5, 2022. Rebecca Sasnett/Arizona Daily Star via AP
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TUCSON, Ariz.—A University of Arizona professor who authorities say was fatally shot on campus by a former graduate student was an expert on desert water issues who faculty and former students described as a kind and brilliant colleague.

School officials identified Thomas Meixner, who had headed the school’s Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, as the victim in Wednesday afternoon’s shooting.