Prosecutors will seek death penalty in slaying of Texas Tech police officer

Lubbock County prosecutors will seek the death penalty in the Oct. 9 shooting death of a Texas Tech University police officer, Lubbock television stations have reported.

Hollis Daniels, 19, was charged with capital murder of a peace officer and is accused of shooting Officer Floyd East Jr., at the university police station in Lubbock. According to court documents obtained by KCBD-TV in Lubbock, a public defender has been appointed to represent Daniels.

A capital murder charge carries a sentence of life without parole or execution, and documents say prosecutors will push for the death penalty.

The station reported that court documents indicate Daniels could be found incompetent and ordered to a lengthy competency restoration program at North Texas State Hospital's Vernon campus.

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