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Suspect arrested in deputy’s assassination

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Harris Co Sheriff Deputy Darren Goforth EOW 8-29-15Just updated, from CNN.com:

A suspect was arrested Saturday in connection with the execution-style shooting of Deputy Darren H. Goforth at a Houston-area gas station, Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said. Shannon J. Miles is charged with capital murder. The motive is unclear.

A handgun has been recovered and tests show it matches the weapon used in the killing, Hickman said.

The Harris County department along with associated media are being very tight-lipped about the ethnicity of the suspect, whom I believe will be proven to be black.

UPDATED:

From Twitchy.  The suspect in the assassination of Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth is a 31-year old black male named Shannon J. Miles.

Harris Co Sheriff SUSPECTThis could become a nation-shaking event with serious ramifications, particularly with regard to the “Black Lives Matter” groups.  And it may not be pleasant.

SHANNON MILES SUSPECTA black male has baldly assassinated a Texas deputy sheriff and is in custody.  Breitbart.com indicates:

HOUSTON, Texas – Authorities in Harris County have identified the alleged killer of a Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy as Shannon Juruary Miles, 31. Breitbart Texas has learned that Miles has an extensive history with law enforcement in Harris County.

Miles is the registered owner of the 2002 red Ford Ranger that law enforcement appeared to search on Friday night outside the home where Miles lives. The Ford was being sought after police obtained security video from the gas station where Deputy Darren Goforth was killed. They also had a description of the vehicle from witnesses.

Miles is being charged with capital murder involving the killing of a police officer.

Breitbart Texas has learned that Miles attended Prairie View A&M University, according to what appears to be his Facebook page. This is the school where Sandra Bland was arrested following a traffic stop and alleged assault on a police officer in July. Three days later Bland killed herself in the Waller County jail and became a prominent icon in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. It appears he attended the predominantly black university for one year from August, 2004 to May, 2004. Following that he attended other colleges including Houston Community College and the University of Houston Hilton College.

Harris Co Sheriff KHOU Suspect MilesThis will not go well, I do not believe.

BZ

 

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Texas cop assassinated, shot in head from behind

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Harris Co Sheriff TX KilledFrom the Associated Press:

Deputy ambushed, fatally shot at gas station near Houston

by Juan Lozano, AP

HOUSTON (AP) — The search for the suspect in the death of a uniformed sheriff’s deputy who was shot several times while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station continued Saturday morning, authorities said.

Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, was pumping gas about 8:30 p.m. Friday when a man approached him from behind and fired multiple shots, Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ryan Sullivan told The Associated Press.

Goforth was a 10-year veteran of the force, had a wife and two children, according to Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman.

Simply said, the suspect walked up behind the deputy who had just finished pumping gas in a station, shot him in the head and then shot him as he lay dying on the ground.

Question: is this a black suspect?  Is this a white suspect?  There is yet no information about the ethnicity of the suspect himself.  The frame above is certainly not accurate visual information; it only provides a brief overview.

News, as of this writing, indicates there may be a suspect in custody.  This has not yet been fully confirmed.

These are tough times to be a cop.  I know, I’m a cop.  Yes, I retired two months ago after forty-one years in law enforcement.  Most cops do their 20 and leave.  I did over twice the time  That’s how much I enjoyed my job and wanted to serve.  But even though I retired, I’m still a cop inside and out.  My being a Sheepdog, a Silverback, doesn’t just stop at midnight on one specific day.  It doesn’t work that way.

If a black suspect is involved, I’m sure Cornell West will call the situation another “love deficit” as he did with the BGM killing.

Deputy Goforth is now one of 23 law enforcement officers killed this year.

My thoughts and prayers to the Goforth family, friends and relatives, the Harris County Sheriff family, and all of us in law enforcement family.

We could use the help.

BZ

 

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