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University of Arizona professor shot and killed on campus

University of Arizona Police escort students from the scene of a shooting at the John W. Harshbarger Building on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. University of Arizona police say one person was shot and wounded on campus and authorities are searching for the suspect. (Rebecca Sasnett/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
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University of Arizona Police escort students from the scene of a shooting at the John W. Harshbarger Building on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. University of Arizona police say one person was shot and wounded on campus and authorities are searching for the suspect. (Rebecca Sasnett/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Updated 5 a.m. Thursday:

A University of Arizona professor has been shot and killed on campus by a former student, who has since been arrested.

Authorities say Arizona state troopers stopped 46-year-old Murad Dervish roughly 120 miles away from the Tucson campus, just hours after Wednesday's shooting.

University of Arizona Police Chief Paula Balafas says the shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. when someone called 9-1-1 requesting a police escort for a former student.

The only victim wounded was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Balafas confirmed he was a hydrology professor.

She did not know about the history between the victim and the shooter. Classes were canceled, but they will resume Thursday.