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Police Say Student Confesses To Fatal Shooting Of Texas Tech Cop

It started as a police check on a student in his room — then it turned fatal, say university officials. Detectives say 19-year-old Hollis Daniels III told officers he had done "something illogical."
Hollis Daniels III, 19, was charged with capital murder of a peace officer in the shooting of a campus officer at the Texas Tech police headquarters on Monday.

A Texas Tech student has been charged with the murder of a university police officer. Lubbock police say the suspect confessed to the crime, saying "he was the one that shot their friend."

A university spokesman tells NPR that campus police were dispatched to the

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