THE STATE OF TEXAS ARREST WARRANT COUNTY OF HARRIS TO THE SHERIFF OR ANY PEACE OFFICER OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS OR THE STATE OF TEXAS Greetings. Whereas, complaint in writing, under oath, has been made before me by James Thomas, a peace of?cer, employed by the Hams County Sheriff?s Department, which complaint by affidaVIt 18 attached hereto and expressly made a part hereof for all purposes and said complaint havmg stated facts and Informatlon In my op1n1on suf?crent to establish probable cause for the Issuance of this warrant, You are therefore commanded to forth with arrest Shannon Miles, a Black male w1th a date of of 09/15/1984, for the felony offense of Capital Murder of a Peace Of?cer And due return make hereof my signature on this the day of ZOIS at 3?07 o?clock, :m MEMORANDUM This instrument IS of poor quality at the time of imaging THE STATE OF TEXAS AFFIDAVIT COUNTY OF HARRIS 1, James Thomas, your af?ant, am employed as a peace of?cer With the Harris County Sheriff?s Department, and do solemnly swear that I have reason to believe and do believe that Shannon Miles, a Black male With a date of birth of 09/15/1984, did, in Harris County, Texas, on or about August 28, 2015, intentionally and knowingly commit the felony offense of Capital Murder of a Peace Of?cer. MY BELIEF IS BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING FACTS Your Affiant has been a peace of?cer for 13 years and is currently assigned to the Division of the Harris County Sheriff's Department. On August 28, 2015, at approxImately 8:37 pm, your Af?ant responded to a Hams County Sheriff?s Department of?cer involved shooting that had Just occurred at a gas station/convenience store located at 16050 West Road, Harris County, Texas 77095. Your Af?ant knew from the dlspatch report that the of?cer was deceased at the scene and that, based on the unit number, that the deceased Deputy was Deputy Darren Goforth. Your Af?ant knows that, at the time of death, Deputy Darren Goforth was on duty and therefore, was acting in the lawful discharge of his official duty Your Af?ant arrived at the scene along with multiple other law enforcement units and con?rmed that the deceased officer, whose body was still at 16050 West Road, was in fact uniformed patrol of?cer Deputy Darren Goforth Your Af?ant observed Deputy Goforth?s deceased uniformed body on the ground next to his patrol vehicle With what appeared to your Affiant, based on his training and experience, to be multiple gunshot wounds Deputy Goforth?s patrol vehicle was parked next to the gas pumps Your Affiant spoke with Crlme Scene Unit Deputy Sean Simpson who told your Affiant that all of the shell casings recovered at the scene of the fatal shooting were .40 caliber Aguila shell casings Your Affiant met With Harris County Sheriff?s Department Detective Mark Reynolds at the scene Detective Mark Reynolds told your Affiant that a witness to the shooting named Christopher Lee Crummey stated to him that he was exiting his vehicle at the gas station/convenience store when he heard a gunshot. Reynolds advrsed that Crummey told him that he turned in the direction of the sound and saw the Deputy on the ground and a dark-skinned black male With a ?fade? or bald head shooting a gun in the direction of the Deputy?s back. Per Reynolds, Crummey told Reynolds that he got h15 children into his vehicle and then saw the black male shooter enter the driver?s side of a Red Ford Ranger and drive away from the scene on West Road. Your Affiant discovered that there were multiple surveillance cameras located on and around the convenience store that were positioned in a way to potentially capture the shootlng of Deputy Goforth Your Af?ant along with other of?cers met with the store operator/owner named Tou?q Gilani Gilani told of?cers that he was in the store when the shooting occurred and that his cameras had captured the shooting. Your Affiant watched the video of the shooting in a back office of the convenience store. The Video recording viewed by your affiant depicts the following: The video recording shows that a red Ford Ranger was parked at the front of store occupied by a person in the driver?s seat The Video recording shows that Deputy Darren Goforth exited the convenience store and walked towards patrol vehicle which was located at the gas pumps The Video shows that, a?er Goforth passed the red Ford Ranger and was near the patrol vehicle, a dark-skinned male exited the driver?s Side of the Red Ford Ranger and ambushed Goforth by approaching him from the back and shooting him in the head a handgun. The Video recording shows that Goforth fell to the ground and the dark-skinned male stood over Goforth and repeatedly d15charged his gun into the deputy?s back The video recording then shows that the dark-skinned male re-entered the red Ford Ranger and drove westbound from the location traqu During his review of the aforementioned Video recording, your Af?ant was able to see that the shooter was a dark- skinned large muscularly-framed male with a bald or short haircut On said recording, your Af?ant was able to see a distinctive aftermarket trailer hitch on the rear of the shooter?s Red Ford two door extended cab Ranger. Your Affiant spoke with Deputy Chris Mullins who was aSSisting with a database review of all known Red Ford Rangers within Harris County, Texas Zip Code 77095. Mullins told your Af?ant that, by narrowing the search based on known vehicle details, he determined that a Red Ford two door extended cab Ranger LP CBR0479 was registered at 8454 Lake Drive, Houston, Harris County, Texas 77095 and that occupants of that residence included a black male Mullins told your Af?ant that, based on this discovery, he had officers go to the location to attempt to make contact With the residents Harris County Sheriff?s Department Sgt. Gary Smidt told your Af?ant that on August 29, 2015, at approximately 12:38 a he observed a Red Ford Ranger extended cab pickup truck license plate number CBR0479 in the driveway of 8454 Lake Drive, Harris County, Texas. Smidt told your Affiant that he knocked on the front door and made contact with a black male identifying himself as ustin Woods. Smidt said that he asked Woods if the Red Ford Ranger was his truck and he said ?No, it?s my brother?s truck?, and identi?ed his brother as Shannon Miles. Smidt said that he then asked for and received verbal consent from Woods to search the home for Shannon Miles. Smidt advised that Justin Woods told officers that Miles had recently left the location With their mother While Deputies were looking inside the home for Miles, your Af?ant arrived at 8454 Lake Drive as did Miles and his mother Your Af?ant made contact With Miles, later fully identi?ed as Shannon Miles, DOB: 09/ 1 5/ 1984, who admitted that the Red Ford Ranger pickup truck LP CBR0479 was his truck Miles provided officers written consent to search the truck Your Affiant immediately observed Similar physical characteristics between Miles and the shooter on the video particularly Miles? Size, hair style and skin tone Your Af?ant asked Miles if he owned any ?rearms and he said, ?yes, two? When asked what kind of ?rearms he owned, Miles responded that he had previously disposed of a Smith and Wesson 9 mm and now only had a 40 caliber unknown make/mode] handgun When asked about the ?rearm?s location, Miles told your Af?ant that the gun was in a blue baseball bag in the garage at 8454 Lake Drive. Your Affiant obtained a search warrant on August 29, 2015, at 6 30 am. Signed by Harris County Criminal Magistrate Joe Licata to search for implements and instruments of the crime of Capital Murder of a Peace Of?cer including all ?rearms and ammunition located at 8454 Lake Drive, Harris County, Texas. Your Af?ant adVised Deputy Jason Brown of the signing of the search warrant at 6:30 am. by Magistrate Licata and a copy of the signed warrant was forwarded to Deputy Brown. Deputy Brown told your Affiant that a loaded Smith and Wesson SD40 .40 caliber ?rearm serial number WK5523 was located in the residence in a blue bag as described preViously to your Affiant by Shannon Miles Deputy Brown advised that, in addition to the ?rearm located in the blue bag, there was also a box made for 50 cartridges of Aguila .40 caliber bullets Deputy Brown adVised me that the total rounds of ammunition left in the box and loaded weapon was 33. Your Af?ant knows from his presence at the shooting scene that there were 15 Aguila .40 caliber casmgs located at the scene of the shooting Brown told your Affiant that he transported the recovered Smith and Wesson SD40 .40 caliber ?rearm serial number FWK5523 to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Seience Firearms Laboratory for comparison to ballistic evidence located and recovered by crime scene officers at the Darren Goforth homicide scene of 16050 West Road, Harris County, Texas Brown advised that Harris County Firearms Examiner Jill Dupree conducted the comparison of multiple ?red casings from the homicide scene Your Affiant has reviewed a report prepared by Dupree and con?rmed by Harris County Firearms examiner Robert Baldwin which documents Dupree?s determination that the SD40 40 caliber Smith and Wesson serial number FWK5523 which Shannon Miles identi?ed as his own 15 the same weapon that ?red the casings recovered from 16050 West Road, Harris County, Texas. During the execution of the search warrant on August 29, 2015, your Affiant observed a white in color cooler located in the kitchen of 8454 Lake Drive. Your Affiant immediately noted that it appeared conSistent with the white container your Affiant observed in the Video recording as having been located in the bed of the Red Ford Ranger pickup truck during the shooting of Deputy Goforth. On August 29, 2015, your Affiant also observed a square dust outline in the bed of the red Ford Ranger pickup truck parked in the driveway at the 8454 Lake Lia Drive location. Your A?iant observed that the dust outline was in the same or similar posrtion as the positioning of the white container seen in the video recording as havmg been located 1n the bed of the Red Ford Ranger pickup truck. Wherefore, premises considered, your af?ant IS of the opinion that Shannon Miles, a Black male w1th a date of birth of 09/15/1984, committed the felony offense of Capital Murder of a Peace Officer, and respectfully requests that a warrant issue authorizing the arrest of Shannon Miles, a Black male With a date of birth of 09/15/1984, for the felony offense of Capital Murder of a Peace Officer, as described above. Qazz/ SWORN To AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME ON THIS THE OF 2015. nwm?lwgs HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS Mm. Eta \chle THE STATE OF TEXAS HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS RETURN AND INVENTORY The undersigned, being a peace officer under the laws of the State of Texas, certi?es that the foregoing warrant came to hand on the day it was issued and that it was executed on the 29 day of 29:43:51" 2015, by making the arrest directed therein and arresting the following person: 3: ,2 6 Samoa Mates fB/Mi boas W41 cgar??o OFFICER opt