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
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
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.
