University of Arizona murder suspect’s troubled past in San Diego

SAN DIEGO. (KGTV) — The suspected shooter within the loss of life of a College of Arizona professor has a troubled previous in San Diego.

46-year-old Murad Dervish was arrested 120 miles away from the college after allegedly strolling right into a campus constructing and taking pictures Professor Thomas Meixner.

Dervish’s household tells ABC 10News he has a historical past of violence.

Courtroom paperwork reveal a girl filed a restraining order in opposition to Dervish in 2020, stating he harassed and stalked her whereas he was a instructing assistant at San Diego State College.

An SDSU spokesperson confirmed Dervish was a graduate scholar in physics in 2018. He served as a instructing assistant throughout that point. Dervish was final enrolled within the Spring semester of 2020 and didn’t graduate from SDSU.

The girl was a scholar on the time. She acknowledged Dervish would continually ship her emails and attain out by way of social media regardless of her telling him to go away her alone.

She additionally mentioned Dervish disregarded the no-contact order she had in place by way of the college.

Dervish’s father, Dolgun, admits his son has a historical past of violence.

“My preliminary response was I am sorry that he killed somebody,” Dolgun mentioned.

Dolgun, who lives in South Carolina, mentioned a number of years in the past, Dervish assaulted him at his restaurant.

“He smashed the tools I had in my restaurant with a crowbar after which he threw a plate at me and hit my again,” he mentioned.

Afterward, Dervish moved to San Diego to stay together with his mom.

“He tried to kill his mom there,” he mentioned.

Dolgun mentioned he was arrested, however finally launched.

He added he hasn’t been involved together with his son in a very long time however believes that jail is the place he must be.

“I am so sorry this needed to occur,” Dolgun mentioned. “I hoped that he would go to jail for a very long time for another motive than killing anyone.”