A former University of Arizona graduate student was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus in 2022 after his expulsion.
Murad Dervish is accused of shooting and killing Thomas Meixner in 2022 near Meixner's office. Closing arguments in Dervish's trial are set to begin Monday.
A defense attorney says a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago was undergoing a psychotic episode at the time