Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said Stephen Broderick was suspected in Sunday’s deaths of two women and one man, all of whom Broderick knew.
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Stephen Broderick, 41, was spotted in Manor and responding city police officers and Travis County Sheriff s deputies were dispatched at 6:53 a.m. CDT before his arrest at 7:05 a.m., according to a police statement.
Police released dashcam video of officers and deputies surrounding Broderick on the road and he appeared to follow all instructions: To interlock fingers, place hands on top of his head and walk backward to them before being handcuffed. He was armed with a pistol on his waistband but he didn’t resist, Manor Police Chief Ryan Phipps told NBC News. He was fully compliant with our officers commands.
By Bill Galluccio
Apr 19, 2021
Stephen Broderick, 41, walking on a rural road around 7:30 a.m. local armed with a gun. He surrendered to deputies without incident. He was armed with a pistol on his waistband, but he didn t resist, Manor Police Chief
Ryan Phipps told
NBC News. He was fully compliant with our officers commands.
Broderick, who was a former detective with the Travis County Sheriff s Office, is accused of fatally shooting two women and one man in what officials said was an isolated domestic incident. Authorities said that a child was also involved but has been located and is safe.
Ex-Texas deputy wanted in deaths of 3 is arrested
Associated Press
Austin, Texas – A former sheriff’s deputy in Texas has been taken into custody Monday following a manhunt that began after three people were fatally shot in Austin, authorities said.
Police said Stephen Broderick, 41, was arrested without incident about 7:30 a.m. along a rural road in Manor, an Austin suburb, Manor Police Chief Ryan Phipps said. He had a pistol in his waistband, Phipps said.
Police had received two phone calls about a suspicious person matching Broderick’s description, Phipps said. He said Broderick was taken to Travis County jail, where authorities did not immediately return messages Monday.
A former sheriff’s detective is accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife, his daughter and a high school student.
Austin police, SWAT and medical personnel respond to an active shooter situation located Great Hills Trail in Northwest Austin, Texas, on Sunday. Emergency responders say several people have been fatally shot in Austin and a former sheriff’s detective is in custody. (Brontë Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
AUSTIN (CN) A 41-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting three people in Austin, Texas, on Sunday surrendered without incident to police who found him walking alongside a highway Monday morning.
Stephen Nicholas Broderick, a former Travis County sheriff’s detective, was taken into custody after authorities received two 911 calls around 7:30 a.m. about a man walking near U.S. 290 just outside the northwest Austin suburb of Manor.