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This photo provided by the Austin Police Department shows Stephen Broderick, 41. Broderick is wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas, and police officials searching the surrounding area Sunday, April 18, 2021, warned residents that the suspect might take a hostage. Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said the suspect, Stephen Broderick, was considered armed and dangerous. He asked area residents to continue to shelter in place and to call their neighbors to check on them. (Austin Police Department via AP) April 19, 2021 - 10:25 AM
AUSTIN, Texas - A manhunt for a former Texas sheriffâs deputy suspected in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin ended Monday when authorities said he was arrested without incident about 20 miles (32 kilometres) from the scene of the weekend attack.
A manhunt for a former Texas sheriff s deputy suspected in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin ended Monday when authorities said he was arrested without incident.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) A manhunt for a former Texas sheriff’s deputy suspected in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin ended Monday when authorities said he was arrested without incident about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the scene of the weekend attack.
Officers found Stephen Broderick, 41, along a rural road around 7:30 a.m. in Manor, an Austin suburb, after receiving reports of a suspicious person matching the description of the suspect in Sunday’s shooting, Manor Police Chief Ryan Phipps said.
Broderick was taken into custody after officials received multiple 911 calls around 7 a.m. a.m. about a man walking on Old Kimbro Road near U.S. 290 just outside Manor.
Officials sent a car by the area to confirm Broderick s identity. Manor police officers and Travis County deputies arrested Broderick without incident. He was armed with a loaded pistol, Manor police said.
Broderick is the suspect in a triple homicide that started as what police have described as a domestic violence incident. Broderick was arrested on a warrant for capital murder.
Travis County District Attorney José Garza said he will request Broderick be held without bail, which Texas law allows under limited circumstances.
The man believed responsible for gunning down three people in Austin Sunday has been arrested in Manor.
The Manor Police Department reported late Monday morning that Stephen Nicholas Broderick was arrested while walking along Old Kimbro Road.
According to a news release from Manor PD, the Travis County Sheriff s Office was dispatched to the 123000 block of Old Kimbro Rd. around 6:53 AM Monday in response to a call about a suspicious person.
Two callers reported seeing a man fitting Broderick s description walking south along the road wearing a black shirt and dark jeans.
When Manor Police Department officers got to the scene, they conducted what was described as a high risk stop , positively identified the man as Broderick, and took him into custody at 7:05 AM.