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     Suspect in Execution-style Shooting of Texas Lawman Held Without Bail

   by VOA News

   An African American man suspected of an execution-style shooting of a
   white Texas lawman during an ambush at a gas station has appeared in
   court.

   Shannon Miles is charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of
   Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth. He is being held without bail.

   Officials say Goforth was pumping fuel at a gas station Friday night
   when a gunman approached him from behind and first shot him in the back
   of the head. He then shot him 14 more times, emptying his gun.

   Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said the attack was "clearly
   unprovoked," and that there is no evidence that Goforth knew Miles. He
   said the assumption is that the suspect targeted Hickman because he was
   an officer.

   Investigators say a weapon recovered at the scene was a match for one
   registered to Miles.

   The 30-year-old suspect has a previous criminal record that includes
   trespassing and disorderly conduct.

   A day after Friday's murder county Sheriff Ron Hickman had said
   investigators were trying to determine whether the suspect was
   motivated by anger over the widely-publicized deaths of several unarmed
   young black men at the hands of police.

   He said the increasingly heated rhetoric regarding police relations
   with the American public has, in his words, "gotten out of control."
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