Texas authorities say {that a} man suspected of a current murder was obsessive about the coworker he killed, and claimed that her “long breaks” was a foremost motive for the homicide.
Travis Merrill, 51, was arrested after he allegedly shot and killed his coworker Tamhara Collazo at her desk on Thursday. The 2 each labored at an Allegiance Vehicles workplace in Lewisville, which is roughly 30 miles north of Dallas.
Police say that Merrill opened hearth on Thursday afternoon after the sufferer got here again from a lunch break. She was rushed to a hospital, however died from her accidents.
“As she re-entered after lunch, he followed her inside to her cubicle and ‘ambushed’ her, firing the gun several times,” an affidavit obtained by FOX 4 Dallas describes.
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Travis Merrill, 51, was arrested after he reportedly shot his coworker and killed her. (FOX 4 Dallas / Denton County Jail)
The courtroom doc revealed that Merrill admitted to being “obsessed” with the sufferer and was preoccupied with the breaks she took at work. The suspect mentioned that he meticulously stored monitor of what days Merrill took breaks and the way prolonged they had been.
“[Merrill said he] was obsessed with Collazo and began getting ever increasingly angry by her taking what he considered to be unauthorized long breaks during work hours, as well as not paying any attention to him,” the doc learn.
Collazo acquired wind of Merrill’s regarding conduct and reported him to the corporate’s human sources division. The suspect was ordered to hunt counseling earlier than he returned to work.
Merrill additionally advised police that Collazo prevented him at work after she had reported him, which angered him. He then purchased firearms, and even advised police that he had introduced the weapons to work on a number of events.
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Merrill made various confessions to police after the homicide, in keeping with an affidavit. (Denton County Jail by way of FOX 4 Dallas)
Merrill claimed that the sufferer had “caused him pain, and he wanted her to feel pain, so he intentionally planned to shoot her at work with everyone there,” per FOX 4.
Allegiance Vehicles launched a press release to FOX 4 expressing its devastation over the incident, and famous that its Lewisville workplace is closed within the wake of the taking pictures.
“The company is providing support to the victim’s family and the rest of our employees who, thankfully, were unharmed, and we have closed our Lewisville office indefinitely. We are also working closely with law enforcement during their ongoing investigation,” Allegiance Vehicles mentioned.
“We ask for the community’s support as our company has unfortunately joined the growing national community of workplaces affected by gun violence.”
The taking pictures passed off at an Allegiance Vehicles in Lewisville, Texas on Thursday. (FOX 4 Dallas)
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the Lewisville Police Division and Allegiance Vehicles for added info.
