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Suspect arrested in Texas deputy ‘execution-style’ shooting

Investigators continue Sunday to dig for answers in the execution-style shooting death of a deputy sheriff after a 30-year-old man was arrested and charged in what police called an “unprovoked” attack.

Shannon J. Miles is being held on a charge of capital murder in the death of Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, a 10-year veteran with the sheriff’s office. Investigators said Miles shot Goforth, who was in uniform, from behind at a Chevron station about 8:20 p.m. Friday. Miles has a criminal history that includes resisting arrest, trespassing, evading detention and disorderly conduct with a firearm, Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said.

Hickman said Saturday the shooting was “unprovoked” and attributed it to the “very dangerous national rhetoric” about police officers nationwide. He said all indications show Goforth was targeted “because he wore a uniform,” adding he does not believe the two men knew each other.

“When rhetoric ramps up to the point where [a] cold-blooded assassination has happened, this rhetoric has gotten out of control,” he said. “We heard ‘black lives matter.’ All lives matter. Well, cops’ lives matter too, so why don’t we drop the qualifier and say ‘lives matter’ and take that to the bank.”

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