Texas sheriff's deputy gunned down at gas station

A sheriff's deputy was assassinated at a suburban Houston gas station while he was filling up his police cruiser Friday night, police said.

The unnamed deputy, a 10-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff's Office, was shot multiple times from behind and
died at the scene, The Houston Chronicle reported.

"The deputy fell to ground" Dep. Thomas Gilliland said at a press conference. "The suspect came over and shot the deputy again multiple times as he lay on the ground."


The gunman fled in a maroon Ford Ranger from the Chevron station on West Road in a northwest Houston neighborhood.

ABC 13 EYEWITNESS NEWS
Police swarm a Chevron gas station in northwest Harris County, Houston, Texas, after a Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputy filling up his patrol car's gas tank was shot to death on August 28, 2015.
Mckenzie Stalter told KTRK he heard the gunshots and called 911. He found a woman crying over the deputy's body.

"She was laying on top him," Stalter said. "She was saying that was her best friend and that he had two kids."

A manhunt is underway for the shooter, described by police as dark-complexioned with short hair and wearing a white T-shirt.

ABC 13 EYEWITNESS NEWS
Police swarm a Chevron gas station in northwest Harris County, Houston, Texas, after a Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputy filling up his patrol car's gas tank was shot to death on August 28, 2015.
"This is a very tough moment right now for the Harris County Sheriff's Office," Gilliland said. "I can ask you if you give us your prayers and your thoughts. It's tough enough being a deputy and being in law enforcement in this country right now, but for people, the way that they are right now, I have no words for what this type of person did, the callousness is much."