From 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