The Harris County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference at 5:30 Eastern to update the media on the suspect in the assassination-style killing of deputy Darren Goforth, who was shot from behind multiple times while putting gas into his cruiser.
Suspect arrested a suspect in shooting death of TX deputy – Shannon J. Miles – had previous record pic.twitter.com/xRT3UHabCG
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) August 29, 2015
Sheriff: Shannon J. Miles charged with capital murder in death of Deputy Darren H. Goforth. http://t.co/9QTACjPOgM pic.twitter.com/IDwGk6Rr7Y
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/CBS12/status/637740453916483584
Shannon J. Miles was taken into custody last night as a person of interest and questioned.
Sheriff Ron Hickman today said that police had recovered a handgun, and ballistics tests matched it to the crime.
Sheriff Hickman: "We have identified the suspect responsible for this senseless and cowardly act." pic.twitter.com/pgdr64guiU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2015
Sheriff Hickman: "The DA's office has accepted capital murder charges on Shannon J. Miles." pic.twitter.com/bkmHj0hbwd
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2015
Hickman: Miles' criminal history: resisting arrest, trespass, evading detention, & disorderly conduct with a firearm. pic.twitter.com/jBqRn6xR3m
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2015
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Sheriff Hickman: "We have not been able to extract any details regarding a motive at this point." pic.twitter.com/ZqdUMRq7H6
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 29, 2015
Hickman repeated his suspicion that Goforth was shot simply for being a law enforcement officer.
“This is just a coldblooded execution.” http://t.co/3WgsS5uJMJ
— Marc Lacey (@marclacey) August 29, 2015
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Update: The sheriff’s office has announced that the mug shot shown at this afternoon’s press conference was incorrect.
UPDATE: Previous mug shot of Shannon J. Miles shown at HCSO press conference was incorrect. This is correct mug shot. pic.twitter.com/1FxGHqJzL9
— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) August 29, 2015
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