Neighbors of the man whose accused of killing the University of Arizona professor said they’ve felt threatened by Murad Dervish for more than a year.
Roommates Haley Bender and Emily lived right next door to Dervish with windows and bedroom doors facing his house. Emily asked KGUN9 not to use her last name because of safety concerns.“I'm relieved he's not my neighbor anymore. Like, I'm really thankful about that, but it just sucks that this is the circumstances that it had to be,” said Emily.
On Feb. 17, the roommates called 911 after they said Dervish was aggressive towards them. They said he was upset about where their friends had parked outside. “He jumps up onto the curb that we have separating our houses and he just starts saying, ‘don't test me, don't effing test me,’ while he's walking towards us,” said Emily.“They started telling me that he has made threats, made threats to a professor or professors, I'm not sure,” said Emily.“He like tried to fight me one night. It was the same night that he called me like an ‘R’ word ‘B’ word,” Emily said.