Deputy Ambushed, Fatally Shot at Gas Station Near Houston

Authorities said Saturday they are questioning a person of interest in the death of a uniformed sheriff’s deputy who was shot several times while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station
Deputy Ambushed, Fatally Shot at Gas Station Near Houston
Harris County public information officer Thomas Gilliland speaks to the media after a sheriff's deputy in uniform was fatally shot Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, in Houston. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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HOUSTON—Authorities said Saturday they are questioning a person of interest in the death of a uniformed sheriff’s deputy who was shot several times while filling up his patrol car at a suburban Houston gas station.

Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, was pumping gas about 8:30 p.m. Friday when a man approached him from behind and fired multiple shots, authorities said.

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