Police in Austin, Texas, were looking for a former assistant sheriff on Sunday who is suspected of killing three people in an apartment. earlier yesterday.
The murder, which followed a series of mass shootings on USA, resulted in a large mobilization of the police, which blocked the entire neighborhood, where there is a busy shopping center.
Authorities ordered the residents to stay where they were for safety in the afternoon (local time), after concluding that it was an incident of domestic violence, while continuing the manhunt, reports AMPE.
Joseph Chacon, Austin Police Chief of Staff, said The suspect is 41-year-old Steven Broderick, formerly a detective in the office of Travis County Sheriff, based in Austin, the state capital.
In June, he went on administrative leave after accused of sexually abusing a child, local media had reported at the time.
Two women and a man were killed shortly before noon, Mr Chacon said.
“It appears to be an incident of domestic violence, all the victims were known to the suspect,” Mr Chacon said, adding that the suspect was “armed and very dangerous”.
Mr Chacon added that police had searched several locations following alerts but had not yet been able to locate and arrest Steven Broderick.

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