Mental illness is real. The healthcare and the medical industry needs to be revamped so that people who can't afford access can seek treatment early on or those who need help do not feel stigmatized. Just hope they don't start harping on gun control laws after that Bryce Williams incident and this. RIP to the deputy. The alleged perpetrator's mother says that he is innocent. 
Deputy ambushed and killed in NW Harris County; man in custody after intense manhunt
HOUSTON (KTRK) --
A person of interest is in custody after the deadly ambush of a Harris County sheriff's deputy, fatally gunned down without warning Friday night while filling up his patrol car at a northwest Harris County gas station.
We've learned the person of interest is inside the Harris County Sheriff's Office in east Houston and continues to be questioned. So far, no one has been charged.
Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, had just left an accident scene last night when he stopped by a gas station on Telge and West Road. As he was pumping gas, a man approached him from behind, said nothing and fired multiple shots. Once the deputy fell to the ground, authorities say the suspect fired more shots. Deputy Goforth was pronounced dead on the scene.
An intense manhunt covered Harris County for hours overnight. At about 2:30am, authorities converged on a home on Crystal Lake in Copperfield, led there by a tip. The focus of the investigation is on the red pickup truck in the home's driveway. The person of interest was taken into custody at what's said to be his mother's house. His identity has not been released.
The man's mother -- who didn't want to show her face or give her name -- told Eyewitness News her son is innocent. She said, "My son is innocent. I was in the house with him, so when that happened, my son was home."
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Authorities arrested a suspect in the deadly ambush of Deputy Darren Goforth after an all-night manhunt.
Goforth was a 10-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff's Office, assigned to the west district patrol. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
"This is a very tough moment right now for the Harris County Sheriff's Office. I can ask you if you give us your prayers and your thoughts," said Deputy Thomas Gilliland with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "It's tough enough being a deputy and being in law enforcement in this country right now, but for people, the way that they are right now, I have no words for what this type of person did."
Deputy ambushed and killed in NW Harris County; man in custody after intense manhunt
HOUSTON (KTRK) --
A person of interest is in custody after the deadly ambush of a Harris County sheriff's deputy, fatally gunned down without warning Friday night while filling up his patrol car at a northwest Harris County gas station.
We've learned the person of interest is inside the Harris County Sheriff's Office in east Houston and continues to be questioned. So far, no one has been charged.
Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, had just left an accident scene last night when he stopped by a gas station on Telge and West Road. As he was pumping gas, a man approached him from behind, said nothing and fired multiple shots. Once the deputy fell to the ground, authorities say the suspect fired more shots. Deputy Goforth was pronounced dead on the scene.
An intense manhunt covered Harris County for hours overnight. At about 2:30am, authorities converged on a home on Crystal Lake in Copperfield, led there by a tip. The focus of the investigation is on the red pickup truck in the home's driveway. The person of interest was taken into custody at what's said to be his mother's house. His identity has not been released.
The man's mother -- who didn't want to show her face or give her name -- told Eyewitness News her son is innocent. She said, "My son is innocent. I was in the house with him, so when that happened, my son was home."
See photos in the case
Authorities arrested a suspect in the deadly ambush of Deputy Darren Goforth after an all-night manhunt.
Goforth was a 10-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff's Office, assigned to the west district patrol. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
"This is a very tough moment right now for the Harris County Sheriff's Office. I can ask you if you give us your prayers and your thoughts," said Deputy Thomas Gilliland with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "It's tough enough being a deputy and being in law enforcement in this country right now, but for people, the way that they are right now, I have no words for what this type of person did."
