Student confesses in fatal shooting of police officer at Texas college - warrant

Hollis A. Daniels is seen in a police booking photo at the Lubbock County Detention Centre in Lubbock, Texas, U.S., October 10, 2017. Courtesy Lubbock County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - A 19-year-old student confessed to fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer hours after the suspect's family warned the school he could be suicidal, according to police and an arrest warrant posted online on Tuesday.

Hollis Daniels was arrested on Monday night following a lockdown at the school and charged with killing officer Floyd East, Texas Tech Police Chief Kyle Bonath told reporters. Texas Tech is in Lubbock, about 300 miles (480 km) west of Dallas.