Man killed co-worker because 'she took long lunch breaks'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A man shot and killed his co-worker in front of his workmates because she took long lunch breaks.The alleged shooter told police he planned the shooting in the office in front of the other staff because she “had caused him pain and he wanted her to feel pain.”He said that she had reported him to HR after he became obsessed with her and started tracking how long her work breaks were.The man, from Lewisville, Texas, was arrested after the woman called Tamhara Collazo was shot and later told police his co-workers probably thought he was "a psychopath".Police were able to respond immediately to the report of the shooting as the temporary headquarters of the Lewisville Police Department shares a parking lot with the company, Allegiance Trucks.Despite responding immediately and rushing the victim to hospital she died.Travis Lee Merrill, 51, was arrested at the scene.In their arrest affidavit, police report that Merrill agreed to speak with detectives about the matter and admitted to becoming obsessed with Collazo.He reportedly told them he "was obsessed with Collazo and began getting ever increasingly angry by her taking what he considered to be unauthorised long breaks during work hours, as well as not paying any attention to him."After enduring the allegedly unwanted attention and scrutiny for several months, Collazo reported Merrill to the company's HR department and told him to stop watching her breaks, per the affidavit.The court document asserts that Merrill was ordered to speak with a counsellor over the phone before he would be allowed to return to work, but his behaviours only escalated after that.He told police that he felt his work colleagues probably considered him "a psychopath" after his return to work.