WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:11.240 The story of Hollis Daniels is one of tragedy and 2 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:16.079 a series of misfortunate events. By all accounts, a crime 3 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:19.480 was clearly taking place, but law enforcement could only do 4 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:22.079 so much to keep up with the circumstances at hand, 5 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:26.280 and eventually it resulted in the death of a police 6 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:29.760 officer while they were simply trying to be kind while 7 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:30.920 doing their job. 8 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.200 My name is Ben and I'm Nicole, and you're listening 9 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.479 to Wicked Ingrim, a true crime podcast. 10 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:46.679 The following podcast and material intended for a mature audience 11 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:49.320 listener Discretion is a. 12 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:11.280 Happy Friday's whoa, this feels funny. 13 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:13.519 It's the second episode of the week for the first 14 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:16.920 time ever here on Wickeding Grim. 15 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:19.840 How's it going well, kind of because sometimes we have 16 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:20.519 Halloween Week. 17 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:24.280 Well yeah, yeah, but the full episode, you know what 18 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:24.640 I mean? 19 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:26.599 Yeah, first week we'redale. 20 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:28.280 I'm doing it two times a week, so it's the 21 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.840 first time actually putting it out two times in a 22 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:32.879 week for that attended schedule. 23 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:35.040 It feels kind of funny. It does feel funny, It 24 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:37.640 does feel weird. Yeah, Like, it kind of feels like 25 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.680 it's the start of the week, but it's actually the 26 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:40.239 end of the week. 27 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.519 It also feels weird in the aspect that I usually 28 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:46.079 am like researching the episode right up until we record, 29 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.680 and I had this episode like research days ago. 30 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:49.599 Look at you. 31 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:52.400 So I almost like feel like I'm rusty on the 32 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:54.239 knowledge of this case. But I've got it all written 33 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:56.799 down in a script. I think I'll be fine. 34 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.079 You deserve a round of applause. 35 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:01.359 Well, thank you, you dig well done. You did clap for me, 36 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:02.280 So I appreciate that. 37 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:02.799 Well done. 38 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:07.319 Guess what, that's what. I got a haircut today, and 39 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:08.759 then I made chocolate chip cookies. 40 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.360 You did. I came home from a photoshoot and I 41 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:16.159 think I've already eaten four. You've eaten four. 42 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:17.639 You've had four cookies? 43 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:18.919 Yeah, I know? 44 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:19.960 Are you serious? 45 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.360 Well that was sort of my dinner. I didn't have dinner. 46 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.719 You had cookies for all right, okay. 47 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:27.960 I chocolate chip cookies and milk for dinner. 48 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:28.439 Wow. 49 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:31.680 And now I'm drinking orange juice and coconut water all. 50 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.280 Right, Okay, So this is all about health. 51 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:39.960 Clearly, I'm pretty much a child, really, or like living 52 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.479 the child's best life right now. 53 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:45.319 We are disasters, clearly because I didn't have dinner either. 54 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:47.280 I just I don't know. I think I had three cookies. 55 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:50.000 So you had the same fucking thing for dinner, and 56 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:51.759 you're bitching me out for it. 57 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:54.120 But I was like making the cookies, so I like 58 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.560 had one and then next batch I had another, and 59 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:58.080 then I just didn't eat dinner, you know. 60 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:00.560 So I don't think that's any different at least. 61 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.479 I didn't intend to eat cookies for dinner. 62 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:04.520 Neither did I. I came home. 63 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.639 And ate four cookies because there was. 64 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.960 Cookies and I needed dinner, and we have to record this, 65 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:10.000 and here we are. 66 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.639 Yeah, you intended to eat four cookies for dinner. 67 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:14.080 I did not know there was going to be cookies 68 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:14.719 when I got home. 69 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:16.800 Yeah, but you saw them like I'm eating four cookies 70 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:17.319 for dinner. 71 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:20.159 No, I didn't actually think that anyway. Geez. 72 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:25.000 Yes, this is not a cookie podcast. We're going to 73 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:27.400 go into this case right away because we rambled, but 74 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:29.240 I will before we go into the case tell you 75 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.000 that when we do thank patrons, we are going to 76 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.000 continue to thank them on our Tuesday episode. Makes sense, 77 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:36.560 so if you sign up for Patreon lists in the 78 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.680 link is in the description below. By the way, we 79 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.840 will be thanking at the beginning of the week on 80 00:03:41.960 --> 00:03:46.759 Tuesdays for whoever does sign it perfect. Yeah, Okay, have 81 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:49.879 you ever heard the name Hollis Daniels before? Now, no, Well, 82 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.719 I'm going to tell you all about who Hollis is. So, 83 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.240 Hollis was a student at Texas Tech University. He was 84 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:00.879 a young man with a very promising future. He grew 85 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.039 up in Seguin, Texas, which is a small city just 86 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:08.080 east of San Antonio. He came from a prominent local family, 87 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.199 with his father serving as a city councilman and a 88 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:14.919 former mayor actually of Seguin as well. His parents were 89 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:17.720 the owners of all the local movie theaters in the 90 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.639 area too, So there was like there were very well 91 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:24.199 known and very well respected in the community. You know, 92 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.000 they had some status, they had some money, and he 93 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:32.240 was raised in this very well off environment and family. Okay, Now, 94 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:36.240 it is unclear if the traffic stop that occurred shortly 95 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:39.480 here after that we'll talk about was routine or targeted, 96 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:44.879 but either way, he was pulled over. Hollis Daniels was 97 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:48.519 pulled over this one evening. Now, once they ran his 98 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:51.399 license plate. After pulling him over this evening, they knew 99 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:54.600 exactly who he was. Of course, being prominent in the community, 100 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:57.720 his parents being known and everything, and the police were 101 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:00.240 very happy to talk with Hollis on this one particular 102 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:04.959 evening because Hollis had recently been reported well, a report 103 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:08.920 had been put in regarding Hollis. So one of Hollis's 104 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:11.240 friends had called the police to report a disturbance that 105 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.839 occurred at their home near the Texas Tech campus, one 106 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:19.040 that involved Hollis. According to the reports, the friend named Leo, 107 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.399 reported that Hollis was under the influence of drugs and 108 00:05:22.480 --> 00:05:27.920 had became involved in a heated argument. During this altercation, 109 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.560 Hollis at some point stole a forty five caliber pistol 110 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.360 from his friend when it was unnoticed at the fire 111 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.279 or when it was noticed that the firearm was missing. 112 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:40.519 He told Hollis to return the firearm, but Hollis denied 113 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:44.199 ever taking it and left. Now, this friend, Leo, made 114 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:46.680 the report to authorities, and now here we are with 115 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:48.879 Hollis pulled over on the side of the road. 116 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:52.399 Well, could someone else have potentially taken it? We assumes 117 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:53.160 it was Hollis. 118 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:55.439 Well, I mean, there was no one else really there 119 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.720 like it was there. There was a heated argument, then 120 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:01.800 Hollis left and the guns now, so it was kind 121 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.360 of clear that, hey, something's going on here, but Hollis 122 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:08.199 strictly denies, Hey, I didn't take it right. And Hollis 123 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.879 immediately began facing the questions about what happened at Leo's 124 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:14.040 place with the officers. He told police there was a 125 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.120 bit of an altercation, he got knocked down, but he 126 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:17.920 was very adamant there was nothing that occurred that would 127 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:19.759 have been deemed assault. He's like, yeah, you know, kind 128 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:21.439 of got knocked to the ground and he's like, there's 129 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:25.279 no assault involved. You can actually watch bodycam footage of 130 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.399 all this occurring. And he continued to tell them about 131 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.959 how he had lost his phone at his friend Leo's place, 132 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.279 and he was searching for it, but he had no 133 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:35.279 idea about any sort of stolen gun or lost gun 134 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:39.560 nor anything. Now the police they pressed and they asked 135 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:41.720 him if he had any weapons or drugs on him, 136 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:45.000 to which he simply said no. Now, after Hollis Is 137 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.199 asked to step out of the vehicle for the questioning, 138 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:49.680 another officer shows up and this at the scene and 139 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:52.720 the conversation continues with them trying to figure out exactly 140 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.519 what is going on. Leo says a gun was stolen. 141 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.040 Hollis says he has no idea about anything. So with 142 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:02.480 two sides saying different things, officers need to clear the air. 143 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.959 They asked Hollis, since you have no drugs or weapons 144 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:08.720 on you, do you mind if we search your car 145 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:12.120 to corroborate what you're saying, to which Hollis refused. 146 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.199 Oh okay, So that kind of looks a little a 147 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:20.680 little bit guilty, I guess, But also sometimes some people 148 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:23.319 might just say fuck no, like it'll weren't kind of thing, right? 149 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.199 Was this also fair in a sense? 150 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:27.959 It is, And that's Hallis wasn't really giving anything one 151 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.879 way or another, whether I mean he was suspicious or not. 152 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:31.079 He's just like, I do not consent. 153 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:34.519 Yeah, so there's not necessary Like I mean, it seems 154 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.839 comes across guilty, but also it's sort of your right. 155 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:40.959 It is, you're right. So and unfortunately for the officers 156 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:43.879 this meant that they couldn't do anything. The allegations they 157 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:47.160 were chasing were exactly that, just allegations. They didn't have 158 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:49.560 a search warrant to go into his vehicle or any 159 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:52.560 lawful reason to actually go against his consent and search 160 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:55.720 it anyways, So they had no choice. They didn't have 161 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:57.680 anything on Hollis. They just pulled him over. It was 162 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:00.959 talking to him and like all right, you can go. 163 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:03.120 Yeah, because it's like, who do you believe kind of. 164 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.519 Thing exactly now. Hindsight is twenty twenty, however, and if 165 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.360 the officers only knew what they knew now, that traffic 166 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:17.160 stop would have gone much different. See Hollis, although coming 167 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.360 from a very well respected family and a very nurturing home, 168 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.360 had a significant behavioral and substance abuse issue starting in 169 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.879 his high school years. Over time, his drug use intensified, 170 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:32.759 leading him to struggle with his addiction. His substance abuse 171 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.399 issues were compounded by significant mental health struggles as well, 172 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:42.159 particularly depression. This created a vicious cycle of self medication 173 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:45.799 and impaired judgment. His family was acutely aware of his 174 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:49.559 struggles with both mental health and substance abuse, and the 175 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:51.879 problems that began in high school seemed to only worsen 176 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:54.960 during the time he was now attending university. And though 177 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.600 drug abuse and mental health issues do not mean someone 178 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:00.399 is a bad person or capable of horrible things, in 179 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:04.159 this case, it would certainly push Hallis over the edge. 180 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.360 Shit, I was kind of rooting for Hallis, not gonna 181 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.720 lie understandable. 182 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.039 Well, only a few hours after being pulled over at 183 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:14.840 that traffic stop, at about two am on October ninth, 184 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:20.360 twenty seventeen, Hallis's roommate reported hearing a gunshot in the dorms. 185 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.559 The shot came from Hollis's room. Now, I do want 186 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:26.840 to clarify. The dorm room seemed to be like not 187 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:29.080 just like a single room with a couple beds inside 188 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:31.039 that we think of in like movies. Seems like there's 189 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:32.759 like a small living area and like a couple rooms 190 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.240 that go off in each dorm. So his room is 191 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:38.080 within a dorm room that contains a few rooms, like. 192 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.559 A pod kind I've seen that, yeah, exactly, kind of 193 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:40.799 like a. 194 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:44.159 Pod sort of thing. So the shot came from Hollis's room, 195 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:46.919 and his friend texted him to ask what happened, but 196 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:52.000 Hallis just replied he had dropped something, okay, which is 197 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.759 a blatant bly. I mean, that wasn't you dropped something 198 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:57.080 that was a gunshot? Right? 199 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:58.039 My god. 200 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.639 So this was immediately reported to police, who would soon 201 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.679 arrive at the scene. Now, the police that arrived were 202 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:07.879 the Texas Tech University Police, so there are police specifically 203 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.159 employed by the university, and they made their way to 204 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:15.480 his room and conducted a welfare check on Hollis. Before 205 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.120 police were unable to search his vehicle as they didn't 206 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:22.960 have a search warrant. Now, however, things were different this time. 207 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.159 They were able to conduct a welfare check due to 208 00:10:26.200 --> 00:10:29.840 the gunshot, which is a matter of public safety, so 209 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:32.600 a warrant was well not warranted. 210 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:33.799 Right right, it makes sense. 211 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:38.840 Sorry, So they knocked on his door at room one 212 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:42.279 thirty four and there was no answer, so they forced 213 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.480 entry into his room via a key they were given 214 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.679 by the university staff. Now, I do want to clarify 215 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:49.799 they didn't atually knock on his door. Within the door. 216 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.519 They knocked in the dorm room one thirty four. No 217 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.919 one answered, but when they did enter, one of his 218 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.480 roommates was like just getting out of bed. He's like, oh, sorry, officers, 219 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:59.440 I was sleeping sort of thing. So they talked to 220 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:03.639 the friend and then got Halliss's room and yeah. 221 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.000 That seems so interesting. A gunshot just went off in 222 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.039 your pod and you're sleeping. 223 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.000 Well it was there was some time that had gone by. 224 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:14.000 It wasn't like a few. 225 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:15.639 Mens, I guess, but still jeez. 226 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:21.120 No. Anyways, when they went to Halliss's room, he wasn't there, 227 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:26.720 but they found some stuff inside that were rather concerning. Immediately, 228 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:29.799 the first thing they saw was a pistol sitting on 229 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:33.279 a shelf in the room. It was quickly, however, discovered 230 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.720 to be an air powered baby gun, though, so it 231 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:38.679 wasn't anything illegal. It wasn't a firearm. It was just 232 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:40.960 kind of like, oh, that looks suspicious. Okay, wait, never mind, 233 00:11:40.960 --> 00:11:43.600 it's just a bebgun. We're all good. Probably shouldn't have 234 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.879 it on a campus. But still nothing illegal going on, 235 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:49.799 so it wasn't something it could have made the sound, 236 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.919 and they continued to search. This wasn't the only thing 237 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.960 that they found in his room. Different types of illicit 238 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.879 drugs were uncovered all throughout his room. The more they searched, 239 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:03.159 the more drugs they found. Drawers were full of them, 240 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:06.559 and there was far more than just that would be 241 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:11.200 considered personal or recreational use. While in the middle of 242 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.919 the search, suddenly a student poked their head into the room, 243 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:18.399 looking confused. The police asked their name and they immediately 244 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:23.600 replied with Andreas. Now immediately a reply came to that 245 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.879 name and it was the roommate and he said, no, 246 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:31.799 it's not he was calling bullshit. It was Hollis, Oh. 247 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.279 Shit, okay, and something that you just said. The drugs, 248 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.279 like there was more than he would need for himself personally. 249 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:45.480 Yeah, I can't really clarify how much was in his room, okay, 250 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:48.720 but there was a lot in his room, a lot 251 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:52.240 more to just say, like, this is not recreational. 252 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:54.720 Okay, not necessarily that he's like selling them or anything, just. 253 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.600 It potentially could be by the sound of it, but 254 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:01.000 also from the visuals of what I've seen, it's not 255 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:05.039 like he's just like offloading like tens of thousands of 256 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:09.279 dollars of drugs. It's just much more than one person needs, okay, 257 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.679 of multiple types. Huh, it's hard. It's really hard to 258 00:13:12.679 --> 00:13:15.159 get a pin on how much drugs he had. 259 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.799 Well, it's so interesting too that he just threw through 260 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.600 his fucking roommate under the bus, like that was saying 261 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:24.320 that he's a different name. 262 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:27.519 Well, I mean, honestly, you have police searching your dorms, 263 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:31.159 you have a potential gun that's stolen or lost, you 264 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.000 have a potential gun shot going off. There's drugs riddled 265 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.120 throughout this roommate's room. All of this could potentially affect 266 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:43.360 your school, your grades, and how you're going to graduate. 267 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:45.679 I'm sorry, I probably fucking do the same thing. I'm 268 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:46.639 like that bullshit. 269 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.919 Well no, I mean, like hall is saying someone else, 270 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.759 Oh that's what I meant. Well, of course, like he 271 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:54.879 was just like easily said that kind of thing. 272 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:57.360 Yeah, well, it was like he didn't just like, what's 273 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:02.639 your name, Andreas, It was like, what's your name? He's like, uh, Andreas. Okay, 274 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:07.399 because they again body cam footage, you can watch them, yeah, yeah, 275 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:12.240 but anyways, they're like, clearly, this is not Andreas. Police 276 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.600 immediately detained him and they figured out, yes, it was Hollis. 277 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:18.039 So they did a full pat down on him, feeling 278 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:21.200 around his person for the alleged firearm and whatever else 279 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:24.120 he may have. They didn't find a gun, but they 280 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:26.360 did find that he was faring carrying a large amount 281 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:30.320 of pills that were not prescribed to him. Now, they 282 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:33.480 read the miranda rights to him as they began questioning him. 283 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:35.600 They couldn't say much to the drugs that are so 284 00:14:35.720 --> 00:14:37.519 he couldn't say much to the drugs that were found, other 285 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:39.799 than trying to downplay it all and said that they 286 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:43.200 were just recreational purposes, you know, just like shit, I 287 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:44.799 got a couple a lot of drugs. He's just trying 288 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.960 to like make it not sound as bad as it is, right, Yeah, 289 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.360 And he denied hearing any sort of gunshot as well, 290 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:54.279 and even tried to use the traffic stop from a 291 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.279 few hours ago as an alibi to say he couldn't 292 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:59.480 have been there in the room when the gun went 293 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:05.440 off because he was pulled over by another officer earlier. Yeah. 294 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:07.000 So he's even like, I bet you if you look 295 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:10.879 at like the traffic ticket or like the files or anything, 296 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.840 you'll see the time and it will will not match 297 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:16.360 when the gunshot went off. So he's trying to like say. 298 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:19.600 This, I thought that he just dropped something. He's now 299 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:20.759 using a different story. 300 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.960 Hey, what do you mean he dropped something? 301 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.679 Well, his friend texted what was that? And he dropped something? 302 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.639 Oh yeah yeah, Oh. 303 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:29.879 Whoa that went way over your head? 304 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.679 Eh yeah I did. I was like, what do you mean, 305 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:36.159 what gotcha? No? Yeah no, he was just trying to 306 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:40.000 say like, yeah, no, it wasn't me. So now, whether 307 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:42.200 he was involved in the shot that was fired had 308 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.519 yet to be determined, but for now he was going 309 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.759 to be under arrest for the possession of large amount 310 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:52.720 of illegal substances. He was handcuffed, walked outside, and on 311 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.799 his way outside, he asked if he quickly, you know, 312 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.039 bend down tie a shoe, but he was denied the 313 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.399 request before being placed in the back of the squad 314 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:04.080 car and driven away. Now, once Officer Floyd East and 315 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:07.879 Officer Tyler Snelson, who had been conducting the investigation so 316 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.919 far at Texas Tech University from the Texas Tech University 317 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:16.039 Police Department for this whole process, they took him for 318 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:20.960 further processing. Now, when they brought him inside, everything up 319 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:24.200 to this point had been going, you know, fine. Hollis 320 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:26.960 sure gave a fake name, but he'd been very cooperative. 321 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.399 He hasn't been showing signs of violence. He wasn't really 322 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:33.639 reluctant to answer any questions when they were talking to him. 323 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.799 He was, you know, being honest. At times. He was like, 324 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:39.159 you know, I don't like when they're searching his room. 325 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:40.679 He's like, you know, I don't consent to the search. 326 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.320 They're like, you can't really say that, you know, it's 327 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:47.320 a welfare check sort of things. He's all right, sort 328 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:51.200 of you know. So he's being very reasonable, a very 329 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:58.159 reasonable individual for the situation. And at approximately seven fourteen, 330 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:02.879 Officer East took Hollis's handcuffs off as he entered the 331 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.160 booking room to make him a little bit more comfortable. 332 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:07.480 After all, sitting in the handcuffs for hours, it is 333 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:10.920 probably not the most relaxing thing to do, and so 334 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.720 with his behavior up to this point, is why East 335 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:17.359 took his handcuffs off. Now they all sat down and 336 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:20.920 began to process the paperwork. Officer Snelson soon left the 337 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.640 room and allowed Officer East to continue on his own. 338 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.720 Everything had been routine up until now, nothing was out 339 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:30.359 of the ordinary. It was standard for booking. However, at 340 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:33.839 approximately seven point forty five, about half an hour later, 341 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:37.920 while Officer East was completing the paperwork for Hollis Daniels 342 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:41.160 and his booking a shot rung off through the station. 343 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:47.799 The gunshot caused immediate chaos and confusion within the police department. 344 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.440 Bodycam footage shows Officer Snelson, gun drawn, heading to the 345 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.000 booking room. Though it doesn't show what he finds inside, 346 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.839 we do know he sees his partner Officer East slumped 347 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:02.680 over in his chair with his body cam torn away. 348 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:07.559 He was shot dead, and Hollis was nowhere to be found. 349 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:13.920 Holy shit, I thought that they padded him down though 350 00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:15.079 they were checked him. 351 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.519 They did. 352 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:20.880 Holy fuck. So there was where the hell was the gun? 353 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:24.519 We'll get to that. There was a single forty five 354 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:28.559 caliber cartridge laying on the ground in the room, and 355 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:31.440 strangely enough, the shell did not match the police issued 356 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:37.680 pistol that was still on Officer East's hip in the holster. 357 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:42.000 So Officer E still had his pistol and there was 358 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:46.119 another shell. Yeah, okay, So they quickly cleared the building 359 00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:49.000 in search of the now active shooter on a school campus. 360 00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:53.240 No shit, but he was gone. He made his getaway 361 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:56.400 and was no longer in the building. The campus community 362 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:59.119 was alerted to the situation and students and staff were 363 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:02.200 advised to shell they're in place as an immediate lockdown 364 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:05.640 was issued on Texas Tech University campus and a manhunt 365 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.960 for Hollis began. 366 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:09.720 Did he kill this police officer? 367 00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.160 Sorry? 368 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:14.119 Or have you not announced that yet, Officer East? Yeah? 369 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.440 Yes, like he's dead. Officer East was shot dead. 370 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:20.319 He just fucking killed him, just like that. Okay, Wow, 371 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:24.440 this Hollist guy. What a fucker. I was like thinking, 372 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.880 I don't know, feeling bad for him a little bit. 373 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:28.480 You were kind of rooting for him. I feel that 374 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.559 I get you there. 375 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:31.839 Because I think it was sort of his whole mental 376 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:33.759 health issues that he was having, and like, I know 377 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.759 how much that sucks and can be like so draining 378 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:41.240 and just brutal. But yeah, uh, he sucks. 379 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.359 No, he does. And to be honest, like I was 380 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:45.759 rooting for him too, because that sort of shit is 381 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:48.160 not easy, no, and so like I was rooting for 382 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.200 him too, but until he goes too far. 383 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:54.079 Well, yeah, he just literally took someone's life. Holy shit, 384 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.200 did Okay. I wasn't really expecting that. 385 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:01.680 So multiple law enforcement agencies, including Camp police, local police, 386 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:05.759 and other emergency responders, coordinated their efforts together to try 387 00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:09.599 and find Hollis. Officers spread out across the campus and 388 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:13.200 surrounding areas, utilizing all available resources that they could to 389 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:16.599 find him. Authorities released a description of him and warned 390 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:19.720 the public that he was armed and dangerous. The alert 391 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:23.039 described him as wearing a white T shirt and dark pants, 392 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:27.279 and the public was instructed to contact police immediately if 393 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:28.480 they happened to see him. 394 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.920 Well, yeah, now this is like pretty scary because you 395 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.200 know what, he is capable. 396 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:38.079 Exactly exactly now. Thankfully, though, it didn't take long before 397 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:43.039 Hollis Daniels was found. He was found near Lubbock, sorry, 398 00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:47.079 Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. I stumbled out my bad, which is 399 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:50.799 situated on the Texas Tech University campus and relatively close 400 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:53.920 to the police station where the shooting actually occurred. So 401 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:58.240