On the video, the dark-skinned man is shown approaching Goforth from behind and shooting him several times in the back. The shooter continued to fire even after the officer had fallen to the ground.
Hickman said Goforth was apparently singled out only because he was wearing the uniform of a law enforcement officer. The sheriff made it clear he felt the shooting was tied to a national backlash over several recent killings of unarmed black people by police officers. (finish the USA Today article, here).
Editor's notes: Don't you love it. The man is the video is a black man, but USA Today wants no part of that description, so they call hims a "dark skinned man." After reading the full article, we learn that the police clearly believe this was a black (who they now have in custody, and guess what, he is a black man) who hates cops and white people.