CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE OF A SHOOTING THAT LEFT THREE
PEOPLE DEAD IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN
-- WITH THE KILLER ON
THE LOOSE.
THE LOOSE. THE F-B-I, AUSTIN POLICE, D-P-S
AND THE ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE ALL PART
OF THE MANHUNT
FOR 41-YEAR-OLD, STEPHEN
BRODERICK.
HE USED TO BE A TRAVIS COUNTY
SHERIFF'S
DETECTIVE..
SHERIFF'S DETECTIVE.. AND WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
HIS HISTORY --
INCLUDING CHARGES HE'S ALREADY
FACING -- IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
MINUTES.
MINUTES. BUT FIRST, THE SHOOTINGS
HAPPENED NEAR GREAT HILLS TRAIL AND RAIN CREEK PARKWAY --
RIGHT BY THE ARBORETUM.
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, THAT SCENE
HAS CLEARED UP.
THAT'S WHERE KVUE SENIOR
REPORTER TONY PLOHETSKI IS TONIGHT..
TONY, WALK US THROUGH HOW ALL OF
THIS UNFOLDED
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. TONY AD LIBS, SORRY NOT EXACT
SCRIPT HREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN
"ACTIVE ATTACK" IN
NORTHWEST AUSTIN SUNDAY MORNING,
OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED. THE SUSPECT REMAINS
AT LARGE, THOUGH
POLICE BELIEVE THIS IS AN
ISOLATED
ISOLATED DOMESTIC SITUATION AND THERE IS NO RISK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
AUSTIN
AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERIM CHIEF JOE CHACON
SAID
SAID A
SAID A 911 CALL CAME IN AT APPROXIMATELY 11:42 A.M. ON APRIL 18 FOR A "SHOOT/STAB
HOTSHOT," THE HIGHEST LEVEL
PRIORITY CALL, IN THE AREA OF
GREAT HILLS TRAIL AND RAIN
CREEK PARKWAY. THE FIRST OFFICER
WAS ON SCENE
AT 11:46 A.M. AT THE SAME TIME,
A "REVERSE 911 ACTIVATION"
WAS SENT OUT TO RESIDENTS TO LET
THEM KNOW TO
SHELTER IN PLACE BECAUSE THERE
HAD BEEN A
SHOOTING. THE SHELTER-IN- PLACE
ORDER WAS LIFTED AS
OF 4:45 P.M. ON APRIL 18.
KVUE'S TONY PLOHETSKI CONFIRMED
THAT THE
SHOOTING SCENE WAS AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX IN THE
AREA. AUSTIN MAYOR STEVE ADLER
TWEETED
TWEETED THAT THE LOCATION OF THE SHOOTING WAS THE ARBORETUM OAKS APARTMENTS AT 9617 GREAT
HILLS TRAIL.
WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, CHACON
SAID THEY LOCATED
THREE PEOPLE WHO WERE INJURED.
AUSTIN-TRAVIS
COUNTY EMS SAID THE INDIVIDUALS
HAD SUFFERED
GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND MEDICS
PERFORMED
CPR, BUT ALL THREE DIED SHORTLY
AFTER.
CHACON SAID THE VICTIMS WERE TWO
ADULT WOMEN
AND ONE ADULT MAN, BUT THEIR
IDENTITIES HAVE NOT YET BEEN
RELEASED. INITIAL REPORTS WERE
THAT A CHILD WAS ALSO INVOLVED
IN THE INCIDENT IN SOME WAY, BUT
THE CHILD HAS BEEN LOCATED AND
IS SAFE.
THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, WHO IS
STILL AT LARGE, HAS BEEN
TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS
41-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN NICHOLAS
BRODERICK. IN A PRESS CONFERENCE
AT 4:45 P.M. ON APRIL 18, CHACON
SAID THE SEARCH HAD TRANSITIONED
INTO A "FUGITIVE SEARCH." HE IS
5 FEET, 7 INCHES TALL AND WAS
LAST
LAST SEEN
LAST SEEN WEARING A GRAY HOODIE, SUNGLASSES AND A BASEBALL CAP.
TONY
TONY PLOHETSKI REPORTING FOR US IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.
THANK YOU, TONY.
TONIGHT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DIG
INTO STEPHEN BRODERICK'S PAST -- AS BOTH A
LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER AND AS SOMEONE ACCUSED
OF A SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIME.
THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE TELLS US
THAT HE WAS A DETECTIVE, BUT
RESIGNED LAST YEAR.
WE ALSO FOUND THIS PHOTO OF
BRODERICK GETTING PROMOTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2019.
THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT
ASSOCIATION SHARED THE PHOTO IN
ITS FACEBOOK
PAGE.
PAGE.
PAGE. BRODERICK HAS A HISTORY ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS,
THE 41-YEAR-
OLD WAS CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING A
CHILD LAST YEAR.
HE WAS BOOKED IN JAIL IN JUNE
AND SPENT 16 DAYS
BEHIND BARS BEFORE BEING
RELEASED ON A $50,000 BOND.
TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JOSE GARZA SENT A
STATEMENT TODAY SAYING HIS
OFFICE FILED A MOTION
TO REVOKE BRODERICK'S BOND. THE
TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAID
SAID WAS
SAID WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOLLOWING THAT INCIDENT.
RECORDS SHOW HE HAS AN UPCOMING
COURT DATE
FOR THAT CHARGE IN MAY.
ACCORDING TO THE AUSTIN AMERICAN
STATESMAN ---
BRODERICK WAS ALSO A BASTROP
COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPUTY AT ONE POINT.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET MORE
DETAILS FROM
THE BASTROP COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE ABOUT
BRODERICK'S HISTORY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT.
BUT THE STATESMAN ALSO REPORTED
THAT
BRODERICK AND ANOTHER OFFICER
SHOT AND CRITICALLY
INJURED AN ELDERLY MAN FOLOWING
A FAMILY
DISTURBANCE CALL DURING HIS TIME
WORKING IN BASTROP
COUNTY.
HE WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE WITH PAY
DURING THAT