On October 28, 2002, a school shooting at the University of Arizona nursing school resulted in the deaths of three nursing professors. The perpetrator, Robert Flores, 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 Barbara Monroe, at the time of the shooting. Flores was also a divorced father of two.
Letter Flores Jr. mailed a 22-page letter to Arizona Daily Star shortly before killing three people and himself at the University of Arizona. The newspaper staff decided to publish the letter on its website. In a note with the letter when it was posted online, editor Bobbie Jo Buel stated they "decided to run excerpts in these pages and the entire letter online — not to give voice to a killer who doesn't deserve it but with the hope that it helps our hurting community come to grips with his twisted act."
See also List of school shootings in the United States by death toll List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)
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