Teen Killer Doesn't Realize He's Being Recorded

this is 19-year-old Hollis Daniels he. just got arrested and has somehow. managed to sneak a gun into jail you a. family at home yep. kids pry old and this is where all hell. breaks. loose the moment this happens the entire. police station goes into lockdown as. officer scramble to make sense of the.

situation they have no idea who did this. and how something like this can even. happen Hollis on the other hand was by. this time long gone and thought he was. going to get away with it but little did. he know his heinous crime was being. recorded every step of the way by. hitting cameras now the chase was on to. catch this cold blooded team. killer you it's funny my mom called me.

and said Reed are you okay there's been. a shooting and uh they say it's you and. immediately then I knew I'm going to for. the rest of my life at around 1:00 a.m. on the 8th of October Hollis Daniels got. into an argument with his friends. allegedly Hollis had stolen his friend. Leo's gun and at one point even. threatened him with it as Hollis left. the house that evening Leo called the. police telling them exactly what. happened and Hollis was pulled over at. around 138 a.m. had the traffic stop.

you're about to see ended even slightly. differently officer Floyd East Jr might. still be alive to this day what's going. on. maner Police Department where were you. coming from Bud's house we got a call. about you causing a disturbance the. disturbance yeah over at your friend's. house what's your friend's name uh Leo. Leo yeah okay why is Leo calling us. telling us you're messing with them I. have no idea sir cuz I guess he didn't I. don't know I don't know.

okay you have any guns or any weapons in. the vehicle any drugs or anything like. that step out here and talk to me man. okay okay is that necessary sir yeah it. is necessary okay just come send over. here for me okay after stepping out. Hollis tells the officers that he did. get into an argument with his friends. even getting thrown onto the floor at. one point however he's adamant that he. didn't steal anything from them. especially not a gun the cops though. aren't so sure and want to search his.

vehicle to prove him wrong you don't. have a gun inside the vehicle you have a. gun on your person yes sir them down. yeah them down you care if we search. your vehicle yes sir I can't do for a. you don't want us to search your vehicle. yeah but not because I don't have a gun. I just I just don't that it's not. necessary I'm on my way home no it is. necessary cuz right now you're involved. in in an investigation that's why I'm. asking if you have a gun in your car no. I cannot put your vehicle for a gun yes. sir okay then hang on to him I'm going.

to go there and see what's going on on. that side I'll be back over here might. as well just put him in the back. of okay as Hollis didn't give consent to. search the officers never ended up. looking inside his vehicle it could have. been argued they had probable cause but. in this situation the officers must have. thought it was a gray area and let it. slide sources say that it's very likely. Hollis did indeed have the gun with him. in the car and that a search would have. likely recovered the weapon and saved. officer Floyd's life but instead Hollis.

was given a friendly sendoff and allowed. to return back home damn he said I tried. to kill him are you said that I said. that yeah that's way told the other. officer you can carry on with your night. man get home safe. buddy get some new friends the very next. evening A call came in from a student. saying that they'd heard a gunshot and. saw another student holding a gun the. cops of course took this extremely. seriously as they were worried that he. might harm himself or others on the.

campus so at 5:59 p.m. officer Floyd. East Jr conducted a welfare check with. his. partner Texas Police Department we're. keying in inside Hollis was nowhere to. be seen But the officers did manage to. wake up his roommate whom they were able. to question about hollis's whereabouts. hey what's up man what's your name Andy. Andy is that who we're looking for no. for holl I just woke up I'm sorry that's. okay um what do you know about your.

partner that lives in this room down. here PA Daniels hollus I don't know a. whole lot about. him. really. um I don't know I haven't I haven't. really hung out with these guys a whole. lot okay despite the lack of information. though it wouldn't take long for the. cops to find something extremely. unnerving that confirms their suspicions. there's a gun right. here revolver.

that's CO2 unfortunately for the cops. this isn't the weapon that they're. looking for it's actually just a CO2 gun. and the cops eventually end up coming. dry on any real Firearms or evidence. that one has been discharged here. however they don't stop on their search. and they instead happen on something. that worries them even more probably is. some drugs and parapo in there but we. can't tell from Plain View so we'll just. go ahead and seiz all all that and I. don't what those pills are but there's.

another in there and E when I was. looking inside this box it looks like. there's a little bag with some marijuana. maybe the cops found small amounts of. marijuana and a larger quantity of. concealed in a bottle that was supposed. to be for antibiotics according to his. friends Hollis had recently developed an. addiction for and was illegally. obtaining it alongside smoking weed to. supposedly treat his anxiety if that. that was indeed the case imagine how.

nervous he must have felt when he. returned home at 6:29 p.m. to see four. police officers searching his dorm hang. on what's your name. bud what's your name Andreas no it's. not no what's going on we've already. talked to your other three roommates we. know what they look like. yeah that was a good try. though. hey stand up for me real quick do you. have any weapons or anything on you.

interlace your fingers on top of your. head this is the first of two searches. that will be conducted on hollas marking. the most pivotal points in this case. from this point onwards he's never let. out of the officer's sight and he never. retrieves a gun from anywhere it would. later come to light that at this very. moment he had a loaded 45 caliber pistol. concealed in his waistband a search. should confirm that but watch what. happens when they start to Pat him down.

spread your feet out a little for. me what's all in this pocket uh money. money yeah I can take it. out is it okay to just empty out all. your pockets while we're doing this uh. do you have don't move your hands do you. is that necessary I'm asking you a. question uh no I don't think s about. that okay somehow the officers don't. find the gun that'll be used to shoot. one of these officers in just 1 hour. from now but the cops are clearly still.

suspicious he gave a fake name and seems. extremely nervous while being searched. tentatively asking to avoid searching in. certain places so what's going on with. all the stuff in your room um I poot. sometimes to say and I have a few people. sir yours yes. sir so you don't have a prescription. for that's a lot of for one person while. he's not in cuffs Hollis seems.

remarkably calm so while he's relaxed. they ask him a couple questions about. the weapons before they throw them in. coughs I have oh oh oh I do have a I do. have a pet gun but it's not loaded yeah. we saw that too okay what do you use the. CO2 gun for uh honestly I haven't even. noticed down here uh back home we used. to just shoot squirrels and stuff I. thought it'd be kind of fun but then I. realized I got here there's not many. squirrels here you know what I'm saying. um then we also got a report of the gun.

there was no. gunshot in here that's what we're told. by who somebody that heard it so yeah oh. no no no yeah I didn't no yeah I didn't. I wasn't even here last night I was over. my buddy uh uh 28th Street what time did. did the shot go off cuz if you if you if. you look up the police reports from uh. officer what's his name it was Duckworth. officer Duckworth uh we had we went. through this whole thing did he Rite you. a ticket or anything he didn't write me. a ticket he let me go because the whole. situation was uh they they thought that.

I stole their gun and so then they went. and search my car you can look and I see. uh you can look at his uh what time he. pulled me over and I bet that whatever. time The Gunshot was reported won't. won't actually because I that. wasn't when the cops checks the reports. it turned out he was telling the truth. and the body cam from last night's. traffic stop backs this story up at this. point the cops could start to connect. the dots a kid accused of stealing a gun. is now being accused of shooting it at. Unity it could definitely be assumed.

that something's gone overlooked either. way Hollis has been found in possession. of multiple illegal drugs so the cops. finally decide to arrest him what's the. B and stuff you. know I don't know we'll have to it all. depends on the weight and how much of. the pills there are to kind of determine. the the cops then start a second pat. down one that Hollis remembers vividly. he says he felt the officer check just. millimeters away from the weapon but.

somehow never finding it Hollis was then. escorted from his dorm into a squad car. where officer Floyd tragically missed. another opportunity to stop what. happened to him in just 50 minutes as. Hollis sits down in the patrol car. officer Floyd hears a strange noise I'll. be C mail what was that big Thum oh my. my uh handcuffs that noise wasn't his. handcuffs at all it was actually the. sound of his gun falling down the leg of.

his pants and hitting the floor as well. as lying through his teeth he was even. able to reach down and fully concealed. the gun back in his pants before. finishing his journey to the Texas Tech. PD when they arrived a 30-minute. countdown full of tragic and negligent. mistakes would begin to take place at 12. minutes 7 one of the officer says that. if Hollis continues to cooperate they'll. remove his handcuffs if you cooperate. with me we go and police cuffs off a. little bit okay and 2 minutes later at.

14 minutes pass the officers make good. on their promise and take his handcuffs. off 90 seconds later Hollis and officer. Floyd enter a room to run through some. paperwork and are left alone there is no. footage of another search taking place. before or after they entered this room. together at 7:44 p.m. Hollis asks. officer Floyd three questions you family. home kids.

PR. old it's unclear why he chose to ask. these questions there was no incentive. and all it did was make him look like a. complete and total psychopath like he. wanted him to know the damage that he. was about to cause and the lives that he. was about to ruin 4 seconds pass before. he reaches into his sock and takes a. deep breath the shot echoed through the. station alerting officers nearby by by. the time they arrived Floyd was already.

dead and Hollis was nowhere to be seen. assuming Floyd's body Camp to be the. only camera in the room he grabbed it. and fled with no idea that the entire. incident had been recorded on this. hidden surveillance camera despite the. suspect being gone cops knew there could. only be one suspect and they immediately. placed the campus on lockdown and began. a 2-hour long Manhunt for an armed teen. killer 658 the PD is not secure got an.

officer down he's shot in our briefing. room we don't know where the suspect. went he's about a 19-year-old white male. skinny what's uh blue jeans a believe a. light colored. t-shirt um he had muddy mud on his jeans. from the knees down blue jeans and a. white T-shirt yeah and he's got facial. hair can you can you relate the. information one more time yeah to our. Sergeant so we can get all the perimeter. units clear on we're looking for what's. his last name.

Daniels Daniel's last name first name. Hollis after securing the area detailing. a full and proper description of Hollis. and searching the campus for a total of. 90 minutes Hollis was eventually found. and apprehended without further injury. when he was finally caught he said. cold-bloodedly that he was quote the one. that shot their friend he was found. carrying Floyd's body Cam and a loaded. 45 caliber pistol at every turn turn. Hollis got as lucky as he possibly could.

have while Floyd got the opposite after. being caught Hollis also told the. officers that he' done something up and. illogical implying that he had some. remorse for what happened however a. phone call to his family recorded at. 11:14 that night showed that the only. thing he regretted was being caught I'm. get on the phone with a criminal defense. attorney I was really ad do not say.

anything yeah the cool I haven't been. saying. anything huh I haven't been saying. anything really they but there's pretty. solid solid proof against me and. problem I know I know that I know that I. know that you think that that doesn't. matter but I'm telling you. just you know me car you know me I'm not. going to say I was I supported someone. who assulted me yesterday I said no he. didn't assult me all you know me I'm not.

going to say anything that they would. jeopardize. that I'm just. saying I love you and you'll get through. yeah yeah yeah it's my dumb fa that I. shouldn't have done this anyway I'm. stupid hollis's demeanor in this call is. frankly terrifying it's almost as if. he's talking to his family about the. drug charge and not the first degree. murder charge and the biggest issue on. his mind seems to be being kicked out of. school. this may be a little more extreme I.

think that they're probably going to. kick me out of Texas Tech High School. and I think that they're. huh after this call he was taken by. police to an interrogation room where it. seems the reality of the situation. finally hits him well you guys know the. whole story what do you think is the the. most liking.

well I I I don't know the whole. story hold on hold on I'm just I'm just. I know it's it's a bad situation I got. it okay you know it's funny my mom. called me and said read do you okay. there's been a shooting and uh they say. it to you and and immediately then I. knew you know I'm going to De for the. rest of my life talking about of college. you know what we got to figure this out. first okay. sir rightly Hollis isn't even trying to.

defend himself he knows he's done. something horrifying and is going to pay. the price for it but the detectives are. still plagued with the question of why. on Earth he did what he did so they ask. him to recount the moment where he took. Floyd's life so I uh I got back to my. dorm there was already police officers. in there they busted me for uh in. marijuana and uh they took me back to. the uh to the. um to the station and I.

uh and I uh I just to my head I thought. you know I can't have this third strike. against me this is going to be it you. know what I mean not thinking logically. and so I did something very logical and. and regrett it deeply and I don't I. don't know ever how I'll ever make up. for it okay that kind. of cover what you're asking.

Hollis seems to be seeking approval from. the detectives it genuinely does seem as. though he feels guilty for what he did. as he's putting himself down and asking. the detective if what he said is enough. I was uh taking back to the police. station and something just clicked in my. head and I said I can't I can't I can't. do this I can't go back like this but. then I made a worse decision to go back. and do something that I thought I could.

see I'm just ready go to jail call my. parents I really would like to call my. parents because they W to sick about me. because this a the news he's stuttering. repeating himself and all he wants to do. is call his parents Hollis is starting. to shut down overwhelmed with shame. regret and guilt the longer this. conversation goes on for the more you. have to wonder what compelled him to. take that officer's life in the way that. he did and you've got to imagine his. power parents are thinking the very same.

thing hello this is Dan Hey Dad it's me. Reed re honey are you okay I'm okay I'm. very safe I'm with some very nice people. right now and I'm in trouble and I. messed up. badly oh re re honey I love you so I. don't I don't. even will be there tonight around 11 I'm. shaking all over I can't drive right now. I can't drive now but I I I I want to.

come see you I want to come see. you what what what what happened I mean. why why would you do something like. there you don't know I I I do know and. and it doesn't make sense and and I'm. sorry I'm sorry I brought this. disrespect to my. family I'm sorry I brought this. disrespect to my family again God I'm so. sorry I. don't don't be sorry it's not you it's.

my fault I'm you did nothing wrong I did. it's me and I think they they're going. to put me away for a little while and. there's nothing I can do about it I'll. [ __ ] you when I get there I love. you okay yes sir I love you. Dad 25 Al plus more because of other. stuff I mean look look that would be the. responsible thing to do is to give me. jail time and then maybe I can go up for. parle but that's just going to change.

not your problem it's just going to. change how I have to go about what I'm. gonna do all of that's up to the. district attorney's office okay and of. course the District Attorney office is. going to give me. something5 so so yeah. okay you have anything else you want to. say I guess not but hollis's motive for. all of this though would be the biggest. mystery of all some say it was.

influenced by his addiction some say. that he had undiagnosed mental problems. or a combination of the two at the end. of the day it's all speculation and we. can only turn to what he said in court. it doesn't make sense I thought I was. stuck I thought it was all over I. thought this was an opportunity to go. out to commit s there was no rational. line of thought that I had he also told. the court that he wanted to go out with. a bang and that he asked Floyd about his. family because he wanted them to be the.

last thing that he thought about it. seems as though Hollis panicked he was. scared about the consequences of the. drug charges and was influenced by drugs. mental issues or something else to take. the absolute worst route possible after. dodging three separate searches and. almost being caught multiple times he. might have even thought that this was. meant to be he turned a simple. possession of Narcotics charge into a. first-degree murder charge and now he's.

facing the death sentence when asked why. the jury should spare him he said I. think it's totally fair to say life for. life but then on the other hand I think. about my family and the truth is I'm. biased in my own favor I don't want to. die not anymore after deliberating for 3. Days a jury eventually concluded that. Hollis should serve life in prison. without the possibility of parole.