His criminal history dates back to 2005 and includes an arrest in Austin in 2012 that led to Miles being sent to a state mental hospital for several months.
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The killing was the latest in a spate of deadly attacks in which police officers have been the targets. He’d clearly been shot multiple times.
Goforth, 47, died at the gas station.
While the motive for the shooting is still not clear, Anderson and other Harris County officials have placed blame on the “very dangerous” rhetoric coming from the Black Lives Matter movement.
The capturing seemed to be unprovoked, Hickman stated Saturday.
No one was in custody but investigators are “talking to people” about the Friday night’s shooting of Deputy Darren H. Goforth, Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said at a news conference.
Frederick says Miles was declared competent in February 2013, but the charge was dropped against Miles after the victim could not be located.
Goforth leaves behind a wife and two children.
“He patrolled the area I live in”, McCullar said.
Funeral arrangements were announced Monday afternoon and the viewing will be held at Second Baptist Church, 6400 Woodway Drive in Houston at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 4. Thirty-year-old Shannon J. Miles is charged with capital murder. Cruz said Obama has reacted to much-publicized police incidents, many involving white officers and black civilians, in the wrong way.
His attorney said his client meant to plead not guilty.
“There’s no evidence that there’s a connection between this rhetoric, or this sort of national discourse … and what happened”, CNN political commentator Marc Lamont Hill said. The defense said they plan on having independent ballistics test done.
Osso said he and attorney Charles Brown were appointed Monday and have had only a general conversation with Miles.
“It is unfortunate that Sheriff Hickman has chosen to politicise this tragedy and to attribute the officer’s death to a movement that seeks to end violence”, Deray Mckesson, one of the group’s leaders, said on Twitter. “I wanted to demonstrate that all lives matter, regardless of color”, she said.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered state flags in Harris County to be lowered to half-staff in honor of Goforth.
Shannon J. Miles, of Houston, is charged with capital murder. During that period, 1,219 law enforcement officers were slain, according to the study.
“I also promised that I would continue to highlight the uncommon bravery that police officers show in our communities every single day”, Obama said. She also said a witness saw the shooting.
Miles, who appeared disoriented in court today, remained cuffed throughout his appearance and wore yellow jail jumpsuit.
“He runs up behind Deputy Goforth and puts a gun to the back of his head and shoots”.
When they finally made it home, she said, they were ambushed by armed SWAT officers and police dogs. The march’s destination was the gas station where Goforth was shot to death, believed to be for no other reason that he was in uniform, in an ambush.
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At the gas station in Cypress where there’s a growing memorial, it’s hard to take it all in.
