Crime & Safety
$500,000 Raised for Family of Slain Texas Cop
Donations for the family of Houston police officer Darren Goforth have been pouring in.

About $500,000 in donations for the family of an off-duty cop shot 15 times while pumping gas in Houston have been raised so far.
A GoFundMe campaign has raised $304,896 in just nine days.
USA Today reported that an additional $192,000 has been collected by volunteers at the Chevron gas station in Harris County where Goforth was killed on Aug. 28.
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The incident was recorded on surveillance video.
Shannon Miles, 31, was arrested and charged with capital murder. According to court records, Miles has been convicted of several crimes including resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and trespassing during the last decade.
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