{"id":121750,"date":"2021-04-18T21:47:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T21:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=121750"},"modified":"2021-04-18T21:47:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T21:47:33","slug":"texas-shooting-suspect-stephen-broderick-was-ex-sheriffs-detective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/texas-shooting-suspect-stephen-broderick-was-ex-sheriffs-detective\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas shooting suspect Stephen Broderick was ex-sheriff’s detective"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The suspect in the Texas shooting that left three dead Sunday is a former sheriff’s office detective who had been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, according to a report.<\/p>\n
Stephen Nicholas Broderick, 41 — who is still being sought in the deadly shooting spree in Austin — retired from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office last year after being charged and jailed for allegedly molesting the girl, the Austin American-Statements reported.<\/p>\n
Broderick was arrested by US Marshals on June 6, three days after the teenager reported that he assaulted her in a home in Elgin, Texas, the newspaper said at the time.<\/p>\n
Broderick was ordered held on $100,000 bail in the case and placed on administrative leave without pay, the American-Statements said Sunday.<\/p>\n
He was held in jail for 16 days before he posted a reduced bail amount of $50,000.<\/p>\n
Broderick’s wife filed for divorce and obtained an order of protection after his arrest, according to court records reviewed by the outlet. <\/p>\n
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He resigned from his job as a detective with the sheriff’s office after his release.<\/p>\n
Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon did not identify the three victims in Sunday’s shootings but described them as two women and a man.<\/p>\n
Chacon said cops were called to the scene at 11:42 a.m. and found all three had been shot. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
He said the suspect should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n
Police and the FBI have issued “shelter in place” orders in the area.<\/p>\n