2002 University of Arizona shooting
On October 28, 2002, a shooting at the University of Arizona nursing school resulted in the deaths of three nursing professors. The perpetrator then killed himself.
Shooting
The shooting began around 8:30 a.m. when Flores arrived at the university's nursing building with five handguns and more than 200 rounds of ammunition. Once there, he entered an office on the second floor and shot Robin Rogers, a clinical assistant professor, multiple times. Flores then proceeded to a classroom on the fourth floor where students were taking an exam in critical care. There, he shot both Barbara Monroe, a clinical assistant professor, and Cheryl McGaffic, a clinical associate professor. All victims were professors of the shooter.
Perpetrator
Robert Stewart Flores Jr. was a 41-year-old Gulf War veteran and licensed practical nurse. Reportedly, he was studying to become a registered nurse. However, he had failed a pediatric nursing course and was failing his critical care course, taught by Cheryl McGaffic, at the time of the shooting. Flores was also a divorced father of two.