video demonstrates that. any new descriptions of the vehicle or the suspect? we had a description of a red pickup. other than what s been shown already nothing new on that. that still holds? yes. in connection to the comments you mentioned in terms of motivating this attack or are you questioning any people from those groups about that? not at this point. we always follow that rhetoric. we always make sure we kind of check the temperature or climate and make sure there aren t specific motivations. but as i mentioned earlier we won t leave any stone unturned. and until we know with absolute certainty what the motivation is, it s all speculation. sheriff, are you taking any additional steps with your deputies to ensure their safety? anything like that? i think the logical sense is that all law enforcement will take extra precaution in being alert and aware of your
sheriff ron hickman talking in a passionate way and preceded with the district attorney talking with an equally passionate tone about how this kind of senseless mad, shooting down of police officers has got to come to an end. this is a community and country where law enforcement must apply and we need it to get through our daily lives. i want to bring in jim cavanaugh, msnbc analyst and special agent in charge and when you talk about the absolute madness here, it appears to be an execution style killing and that was the nomenclature used by the harris county sheriff there. this is someone who was walking back to his car from the convenience store, part of a gas station, shot in the back multiple times and then upon falling to the ground, jim, was then shot again. so is there any reason to believe this was just some random something or does this look specifically targeted? well, it is ice cold blooded
thank you, ladies and gentlemen. has he confessed? has he confessed? on monday, we will try to put out more information about the suspect, the defendant, excuse me, not suspect now. mug shot, current mug shot. again, information that wasn t released as far as the arraignment, when that will be. you will have all that on monday. he is being held? he is in the harris county jail. do you think he acted alone? once again, thank you. please remember, this is less than 24 hours old. so a lot of the questions that you re asking will be answered in the days to come. you are not looking for anybody else? not at this time. all right. thank you. all right. you just heard a press conference wrapping up there held by sheriff ron hickman of harris county, texas. the department that lost their sheriff s deputy last night, murdered in cold blood, execution style at a gas station. just to recap for you some of what we know. we have learned the name of the suspect now in custody
brought out, you will be informed. thank you. all right, strong sentiments from the harris county sheriff ron hickman there saying that no one right now is in custody after the shooting death of one of their own. he says the police department is mourning the loss of one of their own and he says he describes it as a cold-blooded execution. how do you protect against that? sheriff s deputy at the gas station gassing up, being shot from the back, while the sheriff there says they have some people that they have interviewed, and there is surveillance video. still no one has been taken into custody. let s talk more about this. nick valencia, you re alongside with me listening to this press conference. our legal analyst danny cevalos also joining us from new york. nick, it sounds like they re asking the public for a lot more involvement. he says there were people driving up as this was happening
that space. we understand the sheriff s department is very well represented there. you would think presumably city leadership is among the people standing here as well. simply shocked that a routine procedure of gassing up a vehicle for this sheriff s deputy would turn into his tragic death here, that someone would take advantage of that moment while he s gassing up, and we understand according to police thus far, that this gunman approached him from behind, right? and unloaded and killed him, nick. part of the line of the investigation was that this sheriff s deputy darren goforth had just investigated an accident 30 minutes before. it sounds like the sheriff is about to address the public. we are live streaming this. sheriff ron hickman. good afternoon. today, the harris county