{
  "id": "2026-02-15-university-of-arizona-arbol-de-la-vida-domestic-violence",
  "slug": "university-of-arizona-arbol-de-la-vida-domestic-violence-2026-02-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Arizona",
    "shortName": "UA",
    "state": "AZ",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UAlert",
    "enrollment": 53000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-02-15",
    "type": "domestic-violence",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "\"Get the Gun\": Two Men Tailgate Into a UA Dorm, and a Student Fights Back With a Kitchen Knife",
    "summary": "In the early hours of February 15, 2026, two men with no University of Arizona affiliation [tailgated into Arbol de la Vida Residence Hall and forced their way into a student's room](https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/complaint-ua-student-fights-off-two-men-who-forced-their-way-into-her-dorm-room). One of the men, [Ryan Marshall, had a domestic-violence relationship with the victim](https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/complaint-ua-student-fights-off-two-men-who-forced-their-way-into-her-dorm-room) and allegedly told his companion to \"get the gun\" while assaulting her; she pulled a kitchen knife from a drawer and stabbed both men, who fled to a hospital where officers arrested them.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "outcome": "Ryan Marshall was booked into the Pima County Jail on charges including domestic-violence kidnapping, second-degree burglary, domestic-violence aggravated assault, and first-degree criminal trespass, and was given a 12-month exclusionary order barring him from University of Arizona property. Frankie Trotty was charged with first-degree criminal trespass. Both men were located and arrested at a hospital, where they had gone for treatment of stab wounds the victim inflicted while defending herself.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 1
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "In the days following February 15, 2026, per the University of Arizona Police Department's standard Clery Timely Warning process",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "University of Arizona Police Department Timely Warning: On February 15, 2026, at approximately 2:13 a.m., UAPD responded to a report of a burglary and aggravated assault at Arbol de la Vida Residence Hall. Two individuals with no University affiliation forced their way into a student's room and assaulted her. The student sustained injuries. Both suspects were subsequently located and arrested at a local hospital. There is no indication of an ongoing threat to the broader campus community connected to this incident.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Daily Wildcat, KGUN9, and KVOA reporting on the incident and on UAPD's standard Clery Timely Warning format; UAPD's own timely-information pages for this incident could not be independently retrieved in this research environment (uapd.arizona.edu returned access errors)",
      "annotations": [
        "No verbatim text of UAPD's actual Clery Timely Warning for this incident was retrievable; this entry is reconstructed from the facts multiple outlets independently confirmed (2:13 a.m. response time, Arbol de la Vida location, burglary and aggravated assault characterization, arrests at a hospital) and is honestly marked isVerbatimConfirmed:false",
        "Surveillance footage reviewed by police showed suspects Ryan Marshall and Frankie Trotty tailgating into the residence hall at approximately 1:57 a.m., about 16 minutes before the 2:13 a.m. police response, and showed the victim trying to slip into the building without being seen by the men, evidence investigators cited as showing she recognized the danger before they cornered her",
        "The case was charged under Arizona's domestic-violence statute (A.R.S. 13-3601), which extends 'domestic violence' to persons in a current or former relationship of a romantic or intimate nature, not only spouses or cohabitants",
        "UAPD's public messaging distinguished this as a targeted, resolved incident rather than an ongoing threat, consistent with how campus alert systems typically frame a completed domestic-violence crime with suspects already in custody"
      ],
      "characterCount": 520
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Arbol de la Vida](https://wildcat.arizona.edu/164479/news/ua-student-stabbed-in-dorm-room-two-suspects-in-custody/) is a University of Arizona residence hall in Tucson. According to a police probable-cause statement summarized in campus and local reporting, surveillance video showed Ryan Marshall and Frankie Trotty tailgating into the building at approximately 1:57 a.m. MST on February 15, 2026, shortly before the victim arrived and tried to enter without being noticed. The two men went into a study room, then forced their way into her dorm room as she came in. Marshall, who [had a domestic-violence relationship and a history of altercations with the victim](https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/complaint-ua-student-fights-off-two-men-who-forced-their-way-into-her-dorm-room), hit her and threw her to the ground before telling Trotty to \"get the gun.\" The victim pulled a kitchen knife from a drawer and slashed at both men, stabbing Marshall in the back and cutting Trotty's hands. Both men fled to a hospital, where [UAPD located and arrested them](https://www.facebook.com/kvoa4/posts/ryan-marshall-was-arrested-after-he-trespassed-into-a-university-of-arizona-dorm/1353652503456678/). Marshall was booked on charges including domestic-violence kidnapping, second-degree burglary, and domestic-violence aggravated assault, and barred from campus for 12 months; Trotty was charged with first-degree criminal trespass. This research environment could not load UAPD's own timely-information pages for the incident, so the alert entry above is reconstructed from press coverage rather than quoted directly from UAPD's original notice.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Surveillance footage showed the victim apparently trying to avoid the two men as she entered the building, evidence police cited as showing the assault was premeditated and targeted rather than a chance encounter",
    "The victim's use of a kitchen knife to defend herself, wounding both intruders, is documented in the charging language against Marshall and Trotty and is reflected in the case's honest casualties.injured count of 1 (the victim only; the injuries the two suspects sustained while committing the assault are not counted)",
    "Arizona's domestic-violence statute covers a 'romantic or intimate' relationship, not only marriage or cohabitation, which is why a dorm-room assault involving two people with a documented dating/domestic history was charged as domestic violence",
    "No verbatim UAPD Clery Timely Warning text was retrievable for this case; the alert entry is reconstructed and honestly marked isVerbatimConfirmed:false"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UA student assaulted in dorm room, two suspects arrested (The Daily Wildcat)",
      "url": "https://wildcat.arizona.edu/164479/news/ua-student-stabbed-in-dorm-room-two-suspects-in-custody/",
      "type": "student-newspaper"
    },
    {
      "title": "Complaint: UA student fights off two men who forced their way into her dorm room (KGUN9)",
      "url": "https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/complaint-ua-student-fights-off-two-men-who-forced-their-way-into-her-dorm-room",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Ryan Marshall was arrested after he trespassed into a University of Arizona dorm (KVOA)",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/kvoa4/posts/ryan-marshall-was-arrested-after-he-trespassed-into-a-university-of-arizona-dorm/1353652503456678/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "domestic-violence",
    "residence-hall",
    "arizona",
    "tucson",
    "burglary",
    "aggravated-assault",
    "self-defense",
    "no-fatalities",
    "premeditated"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}