HOUSTON – A man facing several charges for the shooting death of a security guard at a southeast Houston apartment complex appeared in court Monday.
Jeremy Miller is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Daniel Arp, 55, who was patrolling a complex Wednesday at 8250 Park Place when he was found dead.
Police arrested Miller after his ankle monitor, which he was wearing while awaiting trial in another murder case, showed that he was at the location the night Arp died.
Officers said he made an aggressive attempt to escape police during his arrest the following night at his apartment on Edgebrook.
"The officer was able to tackle the defendant and tried to place him back in custody, however the defendant struggled, and in the process, grabbed the officer's duty firearm with both his hands and tried to pull it from the holster," the court clerk said.
Miller, 24, is also charged with attempted escape and disarming a police officer. He is being held without bond.
Houston police said Miller was wearing a court-mandated ankle monitor while awaiting trial for the July 5, 2014, slaying of Tremayne Richardson at 1773 Nichole Woods.
Prosecutors said Miller may have more victims.
"The defendant told officers that if they would allow him not to ride in the back of a normal patrol unit, he would confess to the two murders he is currently charged with and he would confess to four murders that law enforcement did not know about at this time," prosecutor Andrea Koch said.
Miller hasn't made good on that promise and it's not clear if he was telling the truth.
Last year, Miller was also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for his involvement in a shooting in the 7300 block of the Gulf Freeway on Aug. 2, 2014. He was arrested nearly two weeks later on that charge and later charged in connection with Richardson's death, police said.