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[h=4]Prosecutors: Killer fired 15 shots at Texas deputy[/h]Investigators<span style="color: Red;">*</span>continued to search for a motive behind the gunning down of a Houston area sheriff's deputy.

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The man accused of fatally shooting a Texas deputy sheriff execution-style showed little emotion in his first court appearance. VPC


Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth(Photo: Harris County Sheriff's Office via European Pressphoto Agency)


The man accused of fatally shooting<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a Texas deputy sheriff execution-style at a Houston-area gas station was arraigned Monday on a capital murder charge<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that could bring the death penalty.
Also Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas flags be flown at half staff to honor<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Harris County Sheriff's Deputy<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Darren Goforth, 47, who was shot in the back of the head after exiting the station's convenience store<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Friday night.
"Texas honors our officers," Abbott added in a tweet announcing his order.
In court, District Attorney<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Devon Anderson told Judge Denise Collins that surveillance cameras at the gas station in suburban Cypress showed a bald, black<span style="color: Red;">*</span>male drive up in a red Ford pickup. The man ran<span style="color: Red;">*</span>up behind Goforth and shot him in the back of the head, then several more times even after Goforth fell, Anderson said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Fifteen shell casings were found near the body.
"He unloaded the entire weapon into Deputy Goforth," Anderson said.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The truck was traced to Shannon J.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Miles, and it was found at his home.
Miles, 30,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was arrested the next day.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Witnesses identified him as the shooter, Anderson said. Ballistics tests matched the shell casings found at the scene to a .40-caliber<span style="color: Red;">*</span>handgun owned by Miles, she said.
Miles' mother, however, told KPRC-TV that she and her son were shopping when the crime was committed.
Miles, dressed in yellow jail garb, handcuffed and shackled, said little at the hearing. Collins ordered him held without bond and appointed two lawyers to defend him.
Miles<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has a history of relatively minor run-ins with police but no apparent connection to Goforth, a 10-year veteran of the department. That led Anderson and Sheriff Ron Hickman <span style="color: Red;">*</span>in recent days to link the shooting to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a national backlash over several killings of unarmed black people<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by police officers.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Goforth was white;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Miles is black.
Goforth was married with two children ages 5 and 12. His wife, Kathleen, described him as a man "you wanted for a friend, colleague, and a neighbor." In a statement<span style="color: Red;">*</span>released to local media<span style="color: Red;">*</span>she said:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"My husband was an incredibly intricate blend of toughness and gentility. He was loyal ... He was good."
After the hearing, Anderson expressed appreciation to the community for their support of Goforth and law enforcement. She referenced a walk to the shooting site held Sunday and a vigil Saturday. Each drew several hundred people.
"That is what Harris County is about," Anderson said. "This crime is not going to divide us. This crime is going to unite us."
A makeshift memorial with balloons and flowers now adorns the shooting site.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jess Orosco was among the walkers Sunday.
"We're standing for our community to let first responders know there are people that do care," Orosco told<span style="color: Red;">*</span>KHOU-TV.
"All lives matter," added walker Cheryl Scott. "It just happened to be in my back yard, so I'm going to do something about it. All these people are going to do something about it."
Contributing: KHOU-TV in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Houston
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Shannon J. Miles, the man accused of killing Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth, has a lengthy criminal history, including six previous arrests. So far, there is no motive or known connection between the deputy and his alleged killer. VPC

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