Suspect Identified As 30-Year-Old Shannon J. Miles In Texas In ‘Cold-blooded Assassination’ Of Texas Sheriff’s Deputy

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The suspect in the ‘cold-blooded assassination’ of a Texas sheriff’s deputy ‘Deputy Darren Goforth’ has been identified as Shannon J. Miles, 30, who will be charged with capital murder for gunning down the officer as he pumped gas, authorities said Saturday.

Shannon J. Miles, has a criminal history that includes convictions for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct with a firearm.  He is due in court Monday. Court and jail records did not list an attorney for the 30-year-old Houston resident.

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SF Gate Reports:

HOUSTON (AP) — The man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a uniformed suburban Houston sheriff’s deputy will be arraigned this week, jail records show.

Shannon J. Miles, who has a criminal history that includes convictions for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct with a firearm, is due in court Monday. Court and jail records did not list an attorney for the 30-year-old Houston resident.

His arrest Saturday came less than 24 hours after authorities said he ambushed Darren Goforth, a 10-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, at a suburban Houston Chevron station.

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Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said the attack was “clearly unprovoked,” and there is no evidence so far that Goforth knew Miles. Investigators have no information from Miles that would shed light on his motive, Hickman said.

“Our assumption is that he was a target because he wore a uniform,” the sheriff said.

Goforth, 47, was pumping gas at a Chevron station Friday night in Cypress, a middle-class to upper middle-class suburban area of Harris County that is unincorporated and located northwest of Houston, when the gunman approached him from behind and fired multiple shots, continuing to fire after the deputy had fallen to the ground.

A vigil was held Saturday night at the gas station, where members of the community were joined by law enforcement officers. GoForth’s wife, Kathleen Goforth, released a statement Saturday to Houston television station KPRC-TV that said her husband was “ethical; the right thing to do is what guided his internal compass.”

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The killing evoked strong emotions in the local law enforcement community, with Sheriff Ron Hickman linking it to heightened tension over the treatment of African-Americans by police. Goforth was white and Miles is black.

The nationwide “Black Lives Matter” movement that formed after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri has sought sweeping reforms of policing. Related protests erupted in Texas recently after a 28-year-old Chicago-area black woman, Sandra Bland, was found dead in a county jail about 50 miles northwest of Houston three days after her arrest on a traffic violation. Texas authorities said she committed suicide but her family is skeptical of that.

Hickman and Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson pushed back against the criticism of police on Saturday.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. The fourteenth amendment humanoid was taken alive because Texas statehood is contingent upon a federal snivel rights consent decree.

    Let’s cut to the chase. What we need is a military accident involving the SPLC, like guidance failure and selfdestruct failure on a cruise missile or something. Ridding ourselves of Marxists should be made to look like an accident. Oh, wait…

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