Lubbock Police Chief Greg Stevens hosted a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 12, to give an update on the investigation into the shooting death of Texas Tech Police Officer Floyd East Jr.

The night before the shooting:

On Sunday, Oct. 8, a firearm was stolen from out of town. However, the report was filed hours later around 1 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9, Stevens said. As LPD officers were driving to the scene, they encountered a vehicle that matched the description of the suspect’s vehicle.

Then, the officers stopped the vehicle and questioned the suspect. During this time, the officers asked the suspect for permission to search his vehicle, but the suspect did not consent to the search. Then, the officers looked for probable cause to search the vehicle without his permission, but they were unable to find probable cause and had to let the suspect go, Stevens said.

Additionally, it was reported that the suspect made “terroristic threats” at the residence where the firearm was stolen, Stevens said. However, despite the term terroristic threats is often misconstrued. It is a class B misdemeanor, as defined in Texas Penal Code 22.07.

The night of the shooting:

On Monday evening, after East was shot in the Tech PD headquarters at 413 Flint Ave., Tech PD informed LPD of the shooting within 2 minutes and requested assistance in locating the suspect, Stevens said. Then, LPD officers arrived on the Tech campus by 7:49 p.m. and sealed the area, so the suspect would not be able to exit the campus and go into the city.

The suspect, 19-year-old freshman Hollis Daniels, later tried to enter his room in Talkington Residence Hall. He was able to enter the residence hall, but he was unable to enter his room because of heavy police presence, Stevens said. Daniels also attempted to go to his car, but that area also had been secured by the police.

Finally, Daniels was spotted at 9:08 p.m. by the police and taken into custody at 9:26 p.m., Stevens said. After this, Tech PD requested LPD to take over the investigation into the death of East.

LPD criminal investigation and university policy review:

In an official statement sent out on Thursday, Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec announced LPD is going to conduct the criminal investigation relating to East's death.

"Just as we would do with one of our own officers or any other homicide, we did a homicide callout," Stevens said. "Lubbock police detectives responded and began to process that scene aided by members of the Texas Rangers, the Texas Department of Public Safety's laboratory services. Also, with members of the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office. We also had help from the local FBI office."

In the statement, Schovanec announced Tech will conduct an administrative review of Tech PD's policies and procedures. The review process is meant to ensure the safety and security of Tech's campus community and police department.

"There's two investigations that are ongoing,” Stevens said. “The criminal investigation that we're conducting and an administrative review that the Texas Tech Police Department is doing."

In the statement, Schovanec said it is important for Tech to conduct a review of the Tech PD's response to the events of Monday night. These policies and procedures are being reviewed for the safety of the Tech community.

As of Thursday, Stevens said LPD has charged Daniels with capital murder.

On Wednesday, Oct. 11, Daniels was charged and indicted in federal court for possession of a stolen firearm, according to the indictment document The Daily Toreador obtained. The DT has also requested the official LPD police report. However, the police report is unavailable at this time.

"There's a lot of things that we're unable to speak about right now," Stevens said during the news conference.

Stevens said Daniels was searched when he was taken into custody by Tech PD, but he was able to gain access to a weapon at some point.

Daniels was not handcuffed while at Tech PD headquarters, Stevens said. However, the circumstances are not known at the moment as to why he was not handcuffed.

Sometimes during a booking process suspects are released from handcuffs for various reason such as bathroom use or if they need to sign a document, Stevens said.

“It’s not out of the ordinary, it’s not wrong to unhandcuff a person that’s in custody,” Stevens said. “It’s not a sticking point.”