Rockdale Police Department received a 911 call at 5:13 p.m. Monday from an individual reporting a deceased female inside a residence located in the 600 block of Rice Street.
When officers arrived, they discovered Stephanie McBride, 58, Rockdale, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Milam County Justice of the Peace Greg Hoelscher pronounced McBride deceased at the scene and an autopsy was ordered. Ev idence collected at the scene led Rockdale Pol ice Investiga tors to quickly obtain an arrest warr ant for McBride's daughter, Brittany Deshay Shields, 39, Austin. All evidence shows Shields was the lone actor in this offense.
With assistance from McBride's family members, the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, Texas Highway Patrol and the Austin Police Department, Shields was located at her residence in Austin and taken into custody for the offense of capital murder without further incident.
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