I - r. :1 THE STATE OF TEXAS SEARCH WARRANT COUNTY OF HARRIS TO THE SHERIFF OR ANY PEACE OFFICER OF HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS GREETINGS WHEREAS, Complaint in writing, under oath, has been made before me by James Thomas a peace of?cer employed by the Harris County Sheriff?s Department, which complaint is attached hereto and expressly made a part hereof for all purposes and said complaint having stated facts and information in my oplnron su?icient to establish probable cause for the issuance of this warrant; YOU ARE THEREFORE COMMANDED to search the place therein named, to wrt: 8454 Lake Drive, Harris County, Texas, with the authonty to search for and to seize any and all implements and instruments used in the commission of a crime, namely the offense of Capital Murder of a Peace Officer, that may be found therein includlng, but not limited to ?rearms, ammunition, weapons, bags or containers holding ?rearms and photographic evidence of the same . HEREIN FAIL NOT and due return make hereof WITNESS on the 9 day of - AD. 2013? at 630 O?clock, iM JUDGE Court Harris County, Texas JO Ham's CO LICATA 013 Law MEMORANDUM instrument IS of poor quality at the time of imaging STATE OF TEXAS AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT COUNTY OF HARRIS 1, James Thomas a peace of?cer employed by the Harris County Sheriff?s Department do solemnly swear that I have reason to believe and do believe that within a residence located at 8454 Lake Drive, Harris County, Texas, are implements and instruments used in the of a crime, namely the offense of Capital Murder of a Peace Of?cer, which is more particularly described as ?rearms, ammunition, weapons, bags or containers holding ?rearms and photographic evrdence of the same . Said location 1S more particularly described as a two story tan brick and siding veneer Single family residence wrthin the Copper?eld Northmead Village with an attached garage on the corner of Lake Drive and Pine Falls Drive in Harris County, Texas With the front door facrng North and a concrete driveway There are painted numbers "8454" on the concrete curb directly in front of the residence on Lake Drive. There are currently two vehicles in the driveway of the resrdence One of the vehicles is a late model two door red Ford Ranger pickup truck license plate number CBR0479 The numbers 8454 also appear in white wood lettering above the garage door MY BELIEF IS BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING FACTS. Your Af?ant has been a peace officer for 13 years and is currently to the DiVisron of the Harris County Sheriff?s Department. On August 28, 2015 at approximately 8 37 pm, your Af?ant responded to a Harris 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 Affiant knew from the dispatch report that the officer was deceased at the scene and that based on the unit number that the deceased Deputy was Deputy Darren Goforth. Your Af?ant arrived at the scene along 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 Af?ant based on his training and experience, to be multiple gunshot wounds. Deputy Goforth?s patrol vehicle was parked next to the gas pumps. Your A?iant spoke with Crime Scene Unit Deputy Sean Simpson who told your Af?ant that all of the shell casings recovered at the scene of the fatal shooting were 40 caliber Agurla shell Your Af?ant met with Harris County Sheriff?s Department Detective Mark Reynolds at the scene who told your Af?ant that a Witness to the shooting named Christopher Lee Crummey stated that he was exiting his vehicle at the gas station/convenience store when he heard a gunshot. Crummy told Reynolds 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 Deputy?s back. Crummey told Reynolds that he got his 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 Af?ant discovered that there were multiple surveillance cameras located on and around the convenience store that were posrtioned in a way to potentially capture the shooting of Deputy Goforth. Your A?iant along with other officers met with the store operator/owner named Tou?q Gilani Gilani told officers that he was in the store when the shooting occurred and that his cameras had captured the shooting. Your Af?ant watched the video of the shooting in a back of?ce of the convenience store The cameras Show a red Ford Ranger parked at the front of store occupied by a driver. The Video shows the person known to your Af?ant as Deputy Darren Goforth exrt the convenience store and walk towards his patrol vehicle which was located at the gas pumps After Goforth passes the red Ford Ranger and is near the patrol vehicle, the Video captures the dark skinned male driver of the Red Ford Ranger exiting his truck and ambushing Goforth by approaching him from the back and shooting him in the head with a handgun Goforth is next seen falling to the ground and the dark Skinned male stands over Goforth repeatedly discharging his gun into the deputy?s back The video then shows the dark skinned male re-enter the red Ford Ranger and drive westbound from the location. Your Affiant was able to see that the shooter was a dark skinned large muscular framed male with a bald or short hair cut. Your Affiant was able to see a distinctive a?ennarket trailer hitch on the rear of the shooter?s Red Ford two door extended cab Ranger Your Af?ant spoke Deputy Chris Mullins who was with a database revrew of all known Red Ford Rangers Within Harris was County, Texas zip code 77095. By narrowing the search based on known vehicle details, Mullins told your Af?ant that 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. Based on this discovery, Mullins told your Af?ant that he had officers go to the location to attempt to make contact with the residents. Harris County Sheriff?s Department Gary Smidt told your Af?ant that on August 29, 2015 at approx1mately 1238 a m. 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 Af?ant that he knocked on the front door and made contact with a black male identifying himself as Justin Woods. Smidt said that he asked Woods if the Red Ford Ranger was his truck and he said ?No, its? 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 told officers that Shannon had recently left the location with their mother. While Deputies were looking insrde the home for Miles, your Affiant arrived at 8454 Lake Drive as did Miles and his mother. Your Af?ant made contact With Miles who admitted that the Red Ford Ranger pickup truck LP CBR0479 was his truck. Miles provided officers written consent to search the truck Your Af?ant 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, Wes, two?. When asked what kind of ?rearms, Miles responded that he had preViously disposed of a Smith and Wesson 9 mm and now only had a 40 caliber unknown make/model 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 It is your Af?ant?s belief that Shannon Miles is the person in the videotape shooting Deputy Darren Goforth multiple times on August 28, 2015 It is also your A?iant?s belief that the Red Ford Ranger LP CBR0479 is the vehicle used by Miles to travel to and from the shooting of Deputy Goforth It is further your Af?ant?s belief that based on statements made by Shannon Miles, that the ?rearm used to shoot and kill Deputy Goforth is located within the residence and attached garage at 8454 Lake Drive, Harris County, Texas WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, your af?ant respectfully requests that a warrant issue authorizmg your affiant, or any other peace of?cer of Harris County, Texas to enter the aforementioned premises which is 8454 Lake Drive, Harris County, Texas, With authority to search for and to seize the property and items set out earlier in this af?davit Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this the at? of 4m. ,cw/f @430? maria District clerlt A I A JUDGE, District Court Harris County, Texas THE STATE OF TEXAS 5 RETURN AND INVENTORY COUNTY OF HARRIS 5 The undersigned, being a peace o?icer under the laws of the State of Texas, certi?es that the foregomg warrant came to hand on the day it was issued and that it was executed on the of 625011" A D., My making the search dlrected therein and selzmg during the search the following described property' 5,391} 50 V0 2? 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