Former Travis County deputy Stephen Broderick sought in Northwest Austin shooting deaths – Austin American-Statesman
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Federal and local authorities were searching Sunday evening for a former Travis County deputy suspected of shooting three people in what officials described as a domestic violence incident.
The unidentified victims were two women and a man. Police said a child was safe and in police custody.
Policed asked residents near the Arboretum in Northwest Austin to stay inside for several hours as investigators looked for the suspect, Stephen Nicholas Broderick, 41, of Elgin.
Broderick, a former property crimes detective with the Travis County sheriff’s office, resigned in June after being charged with sexual assault of a child.
Before noon, police responded to a 911 call from an address near Great Hills Trail and Rain Creek Parkway and found the victims, who have not been identified. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident was initially reported as an active shooter situation, prompting the involvement of the FBI in the investigation. However, authorities later said the shooting appeared to have stemmed from a domestic situation.
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