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Texas Tech student charged with murder of campus police officer

The student allegedly shot the officer after police conducted a welfare check.

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Hollis Daniels, the suspect in the shooting, is a 19-year-old freshman from Seguin at Texas Tech University.
Credit: Lubbock County Sheriff's Office

Hollis Daniels, a 19-year-old student at Texas Tech University, has been charged with capital murder for shooting a university police officer this week. (Washington Post)

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