Just 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.

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

A 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.

This will not go well, I do not believe.

BZ