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Chronicle 117: "Tragedy at Texas Tech"

Season 6 | Episode 117
40m | Oct 26, 2026

This episode is rated a 5 (on my Campus Crime Scale).

In October of 2017, Texas Tech University police officer Floyd East Jr. reported to the dorm room of 19-year-old sophomore Hollis Daniels III for what was supposed to be a routine wellness check.

But what began as a wellness check on a college student would soon spiral into an unthinkable tragedy.

By the end of the night, Officer East was lying on the floor of the Texas Tech Police Department, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound to the head — a wound inflicted at the hands of Daniels.

And Daniels was nowhere to be found.

What followed was a massive, multi-agency manhunt across the Texas Tech campus. And approximately 90 minutes later, Daniels was finally located, taken into custody, and charged with the capital murder of a police officer.

Listen now to hear the full story.



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