Funeral for Houston Police Officer Shot at Gas Station Set for Friday

A funeral for the off-duty Houston police officer shot while pumping gas will be held on Friday, according to ABC 13 KRTK.

The service for Darren Goforth, 47, a 10-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, will take place at Second Baptist Church on Voss Road. Services at 11:00 a.m.

Goforth was shot Friday evening while he was pumping gas at a Chevron station in Cypress, a suburb in northwest Houston. The incident was recorded on surveillance video.

Shannon Miles, 31, was arrested and faces capital murder charges. He appeared in court on Monday and is being held without bond. According to court records, Miles has been convicted of several crimes including resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and trespassing during the last decade.

NBC News reported that Miles’ mother said he couldn’t have been the shooter because he was out shopping with her at the time of the murder.

Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman said the attack was “clearly unprovoked.” The Harris County District Attorney’s office said that Goforth was shot 15 times, according to AP. The shell casings found at the gas station match the handgun found at Miles’ home, officials said.

“Our assumption is that he was a target because he wore a uniform,” he said.

Hickman said the department is still trying to determine the motive, but blames the anti-police rhetoric in the country in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., last year.

“We’ve heard black lives matter; all lives matter. Well cops’ lives matter too,” Hickman said. “At any point where the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated cold-blooded assassination of police officers happens, this rhetoric has gotten out of control.”

[PHOTO: Harris County Sheriff’s Office]