this cold-blooded and cowardly. good morning to you. i m victor blackwell. i m christi paul. grateful for your company. a sheriff s deputy shot and killed overnight. officials this morning are calling deputy darren goforth s death unprovoked and cowardly. he was returning to his patrol car after pumping gas when someone walked up behind him and just shot him. police tell us this is the killer. this is the still from the surveillance video there. there are now reports from affiliates in houston that this man has been either taken into custody or someone has turned themselves in. cnn has not been able to confirm either of the reports, but we are making calls. what we do know is deputy goforth was a ten-year veteran of the department. he leaves behind a wife and two
people and left more than 100 hurt. always so grateful to have your company. thank you for being with us. i m christi paul. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. we start in texas where the sheriff s deputy has been gunned down. investigators say deputy darren goforth was assassinated. that is the word they are using. moments after filling up his cruiser at a convenience store gas station. the sheriff calling goforth s death unprovoked and cowardly. right now, there is a manhunt to find this man seen in the surveillance image. . a local affiliate is reporting that the suspect has been caught. but police have not confirmed that to cnn. we are, of course, continuing to make calls. you understand that the greater houston area right now must be on high alert. emotions are running high. let s bring in nick valencia following the latest for us this morning. give us some clarity about this person who may be in custody, is this a suspect? what do we know? reporter: a tragic incide
children. the department, the community and his family are mourning his loss. nick valencia is here now with us. nick, we have done this many times. many times. many saturday mornings we are talking about a deputy shot and killed. and this according to the sheriff seems unprovoked. unprovoked. they are using the attack assassination on the sheriff s deputy. he did not see it coming according to what police are saying. you are talking about local affiliate reporting, ktrk says a suspect has been taken into custody earlier this morning at his mother s house. a separate station saying a person of interest has voluntarily turned themselves in. cnn cannot confirm either one of those. we have been on the phone all morning long and cannot independently confirm the information. but they do say they are grieving and mourning the loss of their own. reporter: a manhunt is underway after a suspect gunned down a sheriff s deputy at a houston area gas station. police say it appears to be a