thereafter, charles goff, a cousin of martin's, said that he had fired the shots at martin's behest to gain political sympathy for the young lawmaker who was contemplating a run for the texas state senate in 1982. goff also said that martin had offered him a high-paying state job. martin fled, but texas rangers eventually apprehended martin at his mother's farmhouse just outside longview, where he was found hiding in a stereo cabinet.