Before attending the University of Arizona, Murad Dervish was a student and teacher's assistant at San Diego State University, where he also harassed and threatened professors and students via email.
Jamie Donnelly The man authorities said shot and killed a University of Arizona professor had exhibited similar harassing and threatening behavior during his time at San Diego State University, resulting in a restraining order from a student, records show.
People are also reading… Despite being issued a no contact order by the UA, Dervish continued to harass staff members with threatening and racist emails and texts, police reports say. In the spring of the 2019 semester, the student said she saw Dervish three times on campus and felt like he may have followed her into a building. He was also a proctor during one of her midterms. While he didn’t make contact with her, she felt like he was trying to make eye contact, which she avoided, police records say.
In August, a Twitter account using the name"Tom Snow" liked a photo from the student’s account that was posted in 2014. The student was able to determine it was Dervish’s account since he had identified himself as “Derv” in one of his posts, police records say. In the emails, Dervish uses racial slurs and says, “I hope someone blows you expletive brains out,” police records say. Dervish also used racial slurs and said he hoped someone blew their brains out in emails he sent UA Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences professors.
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