# Active shooter situation in Austin, 3 dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-situation-in-austin-3-dead/940255 "2021-04-18T18:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-situation-in-austin-3-dead/940255/1 "2021-04-18T18:08:39Z")
[Active shooter situation underway in Austin](https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/04/18/arboretum-austin-active-shooter-what-we-know/7277505002/), at least three dead and the gunman still on the loose. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-situation-in-austin-3-dead/940255/2 "2021-04-19T22:46:56Z")
It was a former Travis County Sheriff’s deputy. Last summer, he’d been arrested for sexual misconduct upon his sixteen-year-old daughter. His wife filed for divorce. He maintained the right to supervised visits with his six-year-old son. He was ordered to surrender all of his firearms. Sunday, they were scheduled to have a supervised visit when he opened fire on all the adults in the car and killed them: his ex-wife, his daughter, and his daughter’s boyfriend. He did not physically harm his six-year-old son, though I cannot imagine how this would not affect him the rest of his life. > **[Deadly Austin shooting highlights difficulties faced by family members of...](https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/deadly-austin-shooting-highlights-difficulties-faced-by-family-members-of-sexual-assault-family-violence-offenders/)** > > On the day of the shooting, Austin police said Stephen Broderick and ex-wife Amanda were meeting for a scheduled visit with their son, when he then reportedly opened fire on all the adults in the v… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-situation-in-austin-3-dead/940255/3 "2021-04-19T23:04:25Z")
Yikes!