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    • Sep 1, 2015

    GALVESTON COUNTY JUDGE MARK HENRY ORDERS FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR SLAIN DEPUTY

    In honor of slain Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Goforth, County Judge Mark Henry has ordered Texas flags to be lowered half-staff throughout Galveston County. On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas flags in Harris County and at the Capitol to be lowered to half-staff. Goforth was pumping gas into his patrol car Friday when a man approached from behind and shot him 15 times, a prosecutor said Monday. Investigators later arrested a suspect, Shannon J. Miles of Housto

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