officer for the purpose of killing him and did so. so i think that this type of assassination is what really, you know, makes officers that much more edgy out on the street. as nick mentioned, you had the case a couple of weeks ago in birmingham where the officer later stated that he hesitated because of all the narrative in the media of police officers shooting unarmed people. well, they are not unarmed for long if they are able to jump on the police officer, take his gun and then in that case, beat him into unconsciousness. deputy darren goforth, husband and father, killed while pumping gas. tom fuentes, thank you so much. thank you, victor. we are also following breaking news this morning out of bangkok, thailand. new pictures coming into cnn here as you see them. thai place say they have arrested a man who they say is the main suspect in the bomb attack that killed 20 people at a popular shrine earlier this
this cold-blooded and cowardly. good morning to you. i m victor blackwell. i m christi paul. grateful for your company. a sheriff s deputy shot and killed overnight. officials this morning are calling deputy darren goforth s death unprovoked and cowardly. he was returning to his patrol car after pumping gas when someone walked up behind him and just shot him. police tell us this is the killer. this is the still from the surveillance video there. there are now reports from affiliates in houston that this man has been either taken into custody or someone has turned themselves in. cnn has not been able to confirm either of the reports, but we are making calls. what we do know is deputy goforth was a ten-year veteran of the department. he leaves behind a wife and two
this man. you see him there. this was seen in the surveillance video and this is the truck he was seen leaving in, a red forty ranger. local affiliate reporting that the suspect has been caught, but police are not confirming that yet to cnn. we do continue to make calls this morning. goforth was a ten-year veteran in the department, just 47 years old, and he had a wife and two children now this morning are trying to reconcile all of this. we are also watching breaking news out of thailand. local police say they have arrested a suspect in the bombing that killed 20 people and injured 120 others earlier this month. the man is described as a turkish national and police say they found ball bearings linking him to the blast and the same kind of ball bearings found at the seecene, apparently. we will have a live report for you at the top of the hour. let s turn now to the 2016
there is any connection. i think it s important to ask for the prayers of our community for this deputy, his family, and our department family. reporter: and the local office of the fbi texas department of public safety, as well as the u.s. marshal service are all involved in this active manhunt and asking for the public s help to catch this alleged cop killer. thank you, nick. let s talk about cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes. the latest reporting we heard from nick one affiliate saying a person is taken into custody and another affiliate saying the suspect turned themselves in voluntarily. what is happening if this person has not been taken into custody? if it s not true, then, you know, the manhunt going forward is going to be looking at every kind of description that they could have, looking at social
fire. reporter: the attorney representing the family says not so. the police officer had the ability to step back, step aside and there is no evidence of lunging. i feel like with something that should have never happened. reporter: cnn could not reach officer rankin. his department and the police union declined to comment. an autopsy confirms chapman died from two gunshots. one to the head and another to the chest. manner of death? a homicide. the coroner confirming the body showed no evidence of close-range fire. this notion that william lunged at the police officer within the area that the police officer may feel threatened, i think, may be largely disproven by the sentence. reporter: a forensic expert who reviewed the autopsy report for cnn agreed with the coroner s discussion that shots were not fired at close range. but a distant shot in forensic terms, is not what one may seem.