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 The Texas sheriff's deputy who was killed at a gas station was shot 15 times by a gunman who unloaded his entire clip, a prosecutor said Monday as the suspect appeared in court for the first time. 
 
 A judge found probable cause to hold the suspect, Shannon Miles, for capital murder in the killing of Deputy Darren Goforth in Houston. Miles, 30, wore a yellow jump suit and shackles. He did not enter a plea. 
 
 Goforth had just finished filling up his cruiser on Friday night when he was shot in the back of the head. The gunman then stood over him and kept firing, said Devon Anderson, the Harris County district attorney. 
 
 "He unloaded the entire weapon into Deputy Goforth," she said — a 14-bullet clip, plus one that was already in the chamber. 
 
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 Investigators have said they are not sure what motivated the gunman. Sheriff Ron Hickman said over the weekend that "our assumption is he was a target because he wore a uniform." 
 
 Ballistics tests matched a gun at Miles' home — a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson — to the shell casings at the gas station, the prosecutor said. 
 
 Goforth, 47, was a 10-year veteran of the force with a wife and two kids. More than 1,000 people turned out on Sunday night for a walk in support of law enforcement, and donations of cash for the family have topped $150,000 at the gas station and online. ||||| Defense attorney Anthony Osso insists the alleged romantic relationship between a woman and the deputy matters in his client's case. (Photo: KHOU) 
 
 Editor’s Note: We want to let you know this is the first time we’ve reported these claims about Deputy Darren Goforth and another woman. And we’re doing it now only because the attorney for the deputy’s alleged killer is making the alleged relationship part of his defense strategy. We understand that all sides in this case have a job to do. But like many of you, we feel this is just another sad turn in an already tragic story. 
 
 HOUSTON — The attorney for the man accused of the execution-style murder of a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy insisted that an alleged romantic relationship between a woman and the victim matters to his client’s case. 
 
 “It’s extremely important to our case,” said defense attorney Anthony Osso. “My concern about the relationship is what took place while he was at the Chevron station.” 
 
 Surveillance video captured the moment of Deputy Darren Goforth’s murder. Prosecutors say it shows Shannon Miles shooting the married father of two at close range and then standing over his body and emptying the clip. In all, Goforth was shot 15 times. 
 
 Harris County Sheriff Deputy Darren Goforth. (Photo: HCSO) 
 
 Investigators have said Goforth had stopped at the station to refuel his patrol unit. But Osso claims he has evidence that the deputy was there for the sole purpose of meeting the woman, and believes his death should not be considered a capital offense. Court documents reveal a female witness to Goforth's murder claims she had a 15-month romantic relationship with Goforth. 
 
 “In order for a case to be considered a capital murder in Texas when it involves a police officer shooting, the officer, or deputy in this case, has to be in the lawful discharge of an official duty,” said Osso. 
 
 KHOU 11 News legal expert Gerald Treece said Osso’s claims were baseless and part of a long-held strategy for attorneys reaching for some type of a defense. 
 
 “It just doesn’t matter,” Treece said. “The first trick of every defense lawyer is to blame the victim.” 
 
 A spokesman for the sheriff’s office insisted that Goforth was on duty at the time of the shooting and that all of his actions at the gas station were in the scope of his normal work responsibilities. 
 
 Defense attorney Anthony Osso told reporters Monday that he will use that information to convince jurors that Goforth was not on official duty and that his client should not face capital murder. 
 
 Some people think the defense is just trying to muddy the water. 
 
 “I just want to say it’s BS, though,” Ken Stolte said. “If I was on the jury, I would definitely see through that and it would come out bad for them.” 
 
 “It is sickening for the wife and children,” Linda Johnston said. 
 
 "(Goforth’s) personal life is not for us to judge. Does anyone deserve to be shot in the head and then while lying on the ground shot another 15 times?” Kathy Driskell commented on the KHOU 11 News Facebook page. 
 
 Others say Osso is just doing his job. 
 
 “As a lawyer in the United States of America, (Osso’s) job is to get his client off,” Gerald Taylor said. 
 
 As for Osso: “I’m just going to go on what the facts are,” he said. “I’m just going to tell you that we have an issue. And it’s a legal issue that we have to raise.” 
 
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– In the aftermath of a Texas sheriff's deputy's "execution-style" murder on Friday night, police explained that Darren Goforth was killed by a gunman who fired at him multiple times from behind a gas station. Suspected gunman Shannon Miles was today in court for the first time, and a prosecutor got even more specific about the circumstances of Goforth's death. "He unloaded the entire weapon into Deputy Goforth," said Harris County DA Devon Anderson of Miles, per NBC News. That was 15 shots: a bullet in the chamber plus a 14-bullet clip. "They found Deputy Darren Goforth face down in a pool of his own blood," continued Anderson, per the Houston Chronicle. She says 15 shell casings were found at the scene, and a .40 caliber handgun recovered from Miles' home proved a match for the bullets that killed Goforth. The Chronicle reports Miles, 30, didn't say much during his appearance, and was dressed in the yellow uniform given to high-profile inmates. He remains in jail without bail. A motive has yet to be given for the shooting. A GoFundMe campaign for Goforth's family (he has two kids) today surpassed its $100,000 goal.