A man charged with murder in connection with a shooting in Lewisville last week told investigators that was obsessed with his female co-worker and angry over...
Get a deeper look at the issues at play this election and how they’ll show up on your ballot.told investigators that he was obsessed with his female co-worker and angry over what he considered to be her excessively long work breaks.
Travis Merrill, 51, was being held Monday at the Denton County jail on a $10 million bond for allegedly shooting and killing Tamhara Collazo last Thursday while she sat at her desk at Allegiance Trucks, located in a strip shopping plaza that shares space with the interim offices of the Lewisville Police Department.
Merrill told the police that he had brought the guns to work several times but held back from using them because it “didn’t feel like the right time.”On Thursday, Merrill admitted following Collazo into the parking lot during her lunch break. After watching her sit in her car as usual,“As she came back to her cubicle after lunch, he followed her inside and “ambushed’ her, firing the gun multiple times,” the affidavit states.
Merrill provided detectives with specific dates for when Collazo took breaks and detailed how long each one lasted, according to the affidavit. Police discovered two firearms near Collazo’s cubicle: a Smith and Wesson 686-6 .357 revolver and a Taurus Protector Poly.
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