Tech shooting updates, 'bump stock' lawsuit, inmates' Harvey donation: Your Tuesday evening roundup

Good evening. Here are some stories you may have missed today. [Good evening. Here are some stories you may have missed today.] October 10,  2017 By Holly Rusak Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. [Hollis Daniels (Lubbock County Sheriff/Courtesy)]( Hollis Daniels (Lubbock County Sheriff) Crime Texas Tech police were warned that student accused of killing officer may have weapon While law enforcement searched for the suspect who fatally shot a Texas Tech police officer, the school's counseling center told campus police that [the student's family was concerned he may have a weapon and had spoken of suicide](, university police Chief Kyle Bonath said. University police conducted a welfare check Monday night on Hollis Alvin Daniels III. They found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia and took him to the police station on a drug charge. According to an arrest-warrant affidavit, Daniels — who was not wearing handcuffs — was standing near an officer in the department's briefing room while he completed paperwork for Daniels' arrest. Another officer left the room and heard a bang. When he came back in, he saw the officer — identified Tuesday as Floyd East Jr. — fatally shot in the head. Daniels and the officer's body camera were gone. Daniels was captured near the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium, Lubbock police said. Police found a loaded .45-caliber pistol and a police body camera nearby. During an interview later, Daniels said he messed up and did "something illogical," according to the affidavit. This story is developing. For the latest updates, visit [dallasnews.com](. Campus carry tracker: [Where licensed Texans can carry concealed handguns at state universities](. Apology: The Texas [Democratic Party has apologized for linking the fatal shooting of a campus police officer]( on Monday to the state's new law allowing concealed carry at colleges and universities. special offer The Slide Fire plant, which is the manufacturing site of a gun attachment called a bump stock, in Moran on Oct. 5. (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photographer) Guns Texas 'bump stock' maker faces lawsuit following Las Vegas mass shooting The Texas-based [maker of the “bump stock” rifle attachment has been hit with a lawsuit](, seeking class-action status, for the role the device may have played in the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The Las Vegas law firm of Eglet Prince and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed the suit against Moran-based Slide Fire Solutions LP and the “sellers, manufacturers and marketers of ‘bump stock’ devices that convert semi-automatic weapons to the functional equivalent of a machine gun," according to an announcement posted on the Brady Center website. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court of Clark County, Nev., comes more than a week after accountant-turned-assassin Stephen Paddock fired hundreds of bullets into a crowd of country music fans at an outdoor concert as part of the Route 91 Harvest Festival. At least 58 people were killed and nearly 500 were injured when a torrent of bullets rained down on the crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. Previously: Residents in the tiny Texas town where the “bump stock” was born and manufactured [worry that the Las Vegas shooting makes its employer a scapegoat](. Inmates in Rosharon are evacuated by bus before expected flooding in the town south of Houston on Aug. 26. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) Hurricane Harvey Texas inmates donate $53,000 to Harvey relief More than 6,600 [inmates have donated $53,863 from their commissary funds]( to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Jason Clark, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, said Tuesday that inmates, of their own volition, contributed to the American Red Cross. It may not seem like much amid the millions of dollars that have poured in from celebrities and everyday folks moved by the enormity of the storm's damage. But the money comes from the typically meager accounts that inmates use to purchase things like paper and pencils, personal hygiene items and food that isn't available in chow halls. The average donation was $8. "It's just something they chose to do," Clark said. Previously: A look inside Texas prisons damaged by Harvey, [where workers and inmates are pitching in to clean up](. [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Holocaust survivor Rose Blum (left) is dedicated with a pin by Anne Frank Elementary students at [the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum]( in the West End of Dallas on Tuesday. Blue was presented when the museum first opened in Dallas. The ceremony also honored other local Dallas-Fort Worth Holocaust survivors in attendance. At 300 North Houston Street, the new museum will be 51,000 square feet and set to open in the summer of 2019. Around The Site - Missing girl: The father of a missing 3-year-old girl said [he looked around for her, then went inside to do laundry and wait for her to return]( on her own. - Commentary: Now in Dallas, [we might just build townhomes atop the Confederate dead](, writes City Columnist Robert Wilonsky. - Anthem debate: Jerry Jones explains [why he’s requiring the Cowboys to respect flag]( during the national anthem. - Commentary: Contributor Mark Davis asks, if we're all so unhappy with government, [why do incumbents keep winning?]( - From the archives: What began as a night of fun before 1992 game [turned into the most violent weekend Dallas had seen during the annual Texas-OU revelry](. - Let's go: [Southwest Airlines kicked off its annual fall fare sale Tuesday](, with one-way fares going for as low $49. - Shopping season: Black-ish star [Tracee Ellis Ross designs a holiday collection]( for J.C. Penney. Finally... Feel-good drinking Dallas-Fort Worth's beer scene is often aligned with charitable causes. On any given weekend, locals can grab a pint at a brewery fundraiser or pet adoption. Even if you're headed to a beer store, there are several ways to stretch your dollar and give back. Here are [six beers brewed in North Texas that support great causes](. Advertisement 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? 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