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Texas A&M Community Shocked & Saddened in Wake of Mass Shooting Incident Near Campus

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(KHOU 11 News)
The family of a man accused of killing two people Monday after opening fire near Texas A&M says he was ill.

Investigators said Thomas Caffall began shooting after a Brazos County constable went to his small house near Kyle Field around 12:30 p.m. to serve an eviction notice. Brazos County Precinct One Constable Brian Bachmann, 41, was fatally shot in the front yard.

Police said Caffall also killed Chris Northcliff, a 43-year-old man who neighbors said was the home’s landlord. Caffall allegedly then wounded a woman from Houston, and a police officer, before officers shot him to death.

Caffall refused to work after apparently quitting his job less than a year ago, his stepfather Richard Weaver said.  He said Caffall, 35, regularly played video games inside Caffall’s rental home near the campus.

Weaver said Caffall played video games so much that he lived outside the realm of reality.
He said Callfall’s violent reaction to an eviction notice is not something he is surprised by, in fact, he said he feared Callfall could to hurt, or kill, one of his own family members in recent months.

Callfall’s neighbors, many who had just moved to the neighborhood for the fall semester at Texas A&M, didn’t seem to know much about him until now.  On [his] Facebook page he talks about a gun he won at an auction.  He also showcased a Czech weapon he bought and wrote that he can’t wait to try it out on the range.

Caffall’s stepfather told KHOU 11 News Reporter Drew Karedes over the telephone that he was worried his stepson was going to snap and said it was only a matter of when. When asked if the family ever brought the concerns to authorities he answered no.
(See the full story at KHOU 11 News)

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