history? absolutely and it s a lengthy one. it includes arrests and offenses dating back to 2005 including two physical confrontations with police, two times he was arrested for resisting arrest, once in 2005, another time in 2007. some of these other charges include treg passing, a misdemeanor, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and in 2012 another case they re investigating in travis county, another aggravated assault charge. prosecutors ands investigators made it very clear. they believe all the evidence points to the man you re looking at on your screen 30-year-old shannon j. miles. he gunned down the ten-year veteran, a veteran said to be blindsided by the attack. the family still grieving and mourning the loss of one of their own. nick, thank you so much. up next, we re taking you live to alaska where president obama is drawing some criticism for
a suspected cop killer in texas appeared in court for the first time this morning. shannon miles is accused of deputy darren goforth in cold blood friday night. police in houston say it was an unprovoked execution. miles is facing capital murder charges. in court, the harris county district attorney said authorities found the murder weapon in the suspect s garage. deputies went and got a search warrant for the garage and inside found the white cooler and a .40 caliber smith & wesson pistol. alongside was a box of aguila .40 caliber bullets, the same brand of casings that was at the scene. they took the gun to the firearms lab, ballistics testing was done on the weapon and it
was determined that it was the gun fired the cartridges at the scene. the 15 cartridges, the gun magazine holds 14 rounds and there was one in the chamber so he unloaded the entire weapon into deputy goforth. when the deputies recovered the pistol in the garage it was loaded again. nick valencia is following the story from atlanta. did we learn anything here about the knowive the at today s court appearance. do we know if the two men knew each other? that s what makes this case more bizarre. they say these two gentlemen, shannon j. miles and darren goforth didn t have any prior interaction, they didn t know each other, that s what s led them to call this an unprovoked execution-style killing. we heard in the first appearance, probable cause hearing for miles, some of the ruthless details of this shooting. you heard devon anderson the district attorney in harris county talk about the 15 shell
casings found at the scene. this handgun recovered from the suspect s garage holds 14 bullets in the clip and one in the chamber, 15 shell casings found there surrounding the body of guerin of darren goforth. meaning this suspect loaded the entire rounds of the gun into the back of this officer. he was for all intents and purposes blindsided. this killing, captured on surveillance video, also a witness saw what happened and phoned into police. we re learning more about how they were able to track down that ford pickup truck he was driving. according to investigators there was distinctive markings on that car including a white cooler in the back of the flat bed, an after-market hitch attached to that red ford pickup truck. they did a background search on it brianna and were able to track it nearby the shooting where this happened. when investigators showed up, miles was not there. he showed up inside the home, he was questioned, brought into custody and later charged with the deputy s m
say he believes this is absolute madness. you also heard an impassioned plea from dpevon anderson who said the silent majority need to step forward. they believe in that county there is open warfare on law enforcement officials, not just in texas but the entire counted. let me ask you more about the suspect. do we have any details there? we have been taking a closer look at this man you re looking at there on your screen, shannon j. miles. he has a criminal history that includes charges of resisting arrest, trespassing, evading detention and disorderly conduct with a firearm. because of his believed involvement in the shooting in gunning down this sheriff s deputy, he s now facing a capital murder charge. could you explain the tracking that was used here?