AUSTIN, Texas — A former Texas deputy received a sentence of life in prison for killing his ex-wife, teenage stepdaughter and her boyfriend.
According to The Associated Press, former Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputy Stephen Broderick, 42, was automatically sentenced, to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to capital murder on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.
Broderick was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the AP.
Broderick drove his car into his ex-wife Amanda Broderick’s house and shot all three people inside to death, according to the AP. The victims included Amanda, 35, his stepdaughter, Alyssa Broderick, 17, and her boyfriend, Willie Simmons III, 18.
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According to the AP, Broderick killed the three people when he was making a custody visit with his son, who was not shot. Broderick was free on bond when the shooting happened after being charged a year prior with sexual assault of a child.
Broderick was ordered to wear a GPS tracking device after his release while on bond but five months later, the state District Judge Karen Sage ordered the device be removed, according to the AP.
As part of his plea deal, prosecutors dropped the sexual assault charge. According to the AP, Broderick’s stepdaughter was allegedly the sexual assault victim.