Murder charge for former Texas sheriff’s deputy

A former Texas sheriff’s deputy was booked on a capital murder charge yesterday after police say he shot and killed his ex-wife, teenage stepdaughter and another man during a weekend shooting that shut down a busy Austin shopping area and set off an overnight manhunt. Officers found Stephen Broderick, 41, about 30km from the scene of Monday’s shooting, which prompted active shooter alerts and unnerved residents in the Texas capital at a time when the US has been wracked in recent weeks by mass killings.