PSA: Man high on Xanax goes shoplifting; kills arresting officer.

TLDR: Man goes shoplifting while high on xanax, gets caught by police officer and kills him with handgun. Gets sentenced to death.

http://kxan.com/2017/05/16/austin-officer-murdered-by-man-high-on-xanax/

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On April 6, 2012, at 2:30 a.m., Senior Police Officer Jaime Padron responded to a WalMart store in north Austin to investigate a call about an intoxicated man who was shoplifting. When Officer Padron arrived and approached the suspect, Brandon Daniel, he tried to run out of the store.

Padron, 40, tackled Daniel to the ground. During the struggle, Daniel pulled a handgun out of his pocket and shot Officer Padron in the neck, killing him.

Padron was a retired U.S. Marine and a father of two young girls, ages 6 and 10 at the time of his death.

"Our city and our community will stand with this family and we'll make sure those two little girls who just lost their father tonight, through no fault of his own, that they are raised the way they need to be raised and their needs will be met," said then-Chief of Police Art Acevedo.

"Two beautiful, young daughters won't have a father to raise them, and that's a tragedy," said retired APD Det. Mike Sheffield.

Thousands of mourners lined the streets during a procession transporting Padron's body from Austin to San Angelo, Texas.

During an interview with Austin police after the shooting, Daniel, who was 24 years old at the time, admitted he had been depressed after a recent break-up with a girlfriend and was taking the prescription medication, Xanax. His attorneys later said he struggled with mental illness and public records show he had previously been arrested for minor crimes, including drug possession, driving while intoxicated and evading.

Daniel was convicted of capital murder in Travis County and sentenced to death in 2014. He later tried to dismiss his attorneys and speed up his execution, before changing his mind and continuing his appeals. He is awaiting an execution date.

Xanax: Ask your doctor if throwing your life is for you.


Comments


[92 Points] DooshNozzzle:

The reporting news station is K-XAN lol


[66 Points] ash3s:

"i did what?"


[30 Points] murderhomelesspeople:

Not excusing the behavior of some officers but if you've ever wondered why cops are so high strung and end up shooting people over minor things this is why. You don't know what that person has on them, what a tragedy on both fronts. Judging from his actions about the execution his claims of mental illness are legitimate.


[18 Points] TheRealFatMac:

Its almost like flooding NA with xanax may not have been the best idea..


[17 Points] None:

Should have killed two police. One for freedom, one for peace.


[17 Points] Diqqsnot:

The government that employed this guy, the government that charged the killer, is the same government that runs the FDA, Who has approved these drugs.


[15 Points] None:

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[11 Points] None:

Fuck 12 should've killed more lmao


[4 Points] duraldo:

Well he's going to deathrow. He might have just gotten life, with daily guard beatings if he just shot him. But a drug addicted, fucked up and killed a cop? There's no mercy for him down here.

Edit: I didn't even get to that part of the article, yeah he's got death sentence.


[3 Points] lsDDnmthrowaway:

Bartards, when will they learn?


[2 Points] gracefulwing:

Was he prescribed it or was he buying it elsewhere? It doesn't really specify, just that he was taking it.


[2 Points] 303keysofacid:

And not a single comment mentioning why the hell he had a gun on him in the first place.


[1 Points] Diqqsnot:

Well maybe the cop shouldnt have put his hands on another person.


[1 Points] weepark:

hate benzo-gone bad stories. they are just depressing at this point. despite the loss of life this was a good read.


[1 Points] weepark:

kind of an ironic post given the op lol


[0 Points] None:

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[-1 Points] lsDDnmthrowaway:

Bartards, when will​ they learn?


[-2 Points] lsDDnmthrowaway:

Bartards, when will they learn?


[-5 Points] freeusebandodge:

Dumb hero cop, should have tazed the dude, not tackle like some dummy hero.