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On a Halloween night that turned tragic, James Goddard, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and killed in Providence, Rhode Island. The fatal shooting occurred on October 31, 2017, in the Chad Brown housing project, marking a grim end to a life that had narrowly escaped a similar fate just months earlier.
That evening, police were called to Berkshire Street where they discovered Goddard with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital but did not survive his injurie ...Read More
That evening, police were called to Berkshire Street where they discovered Goddard with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was rushed to Rhode Island Hospital but did not survive his injurie ...Read More
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James Goddard
Male
Black / African American
Providence
RI
2017-10-31
28
James
Goddard
11/05/2025
Forum Posts (3)
Did anyone else hear about the Halloween shooting in Providence? It seems that James "Chicken" Godda... ...Read More
02/18/2024
02/18/2024
Hey everyone,
I can't stop thinking about the innocent bystander who got hit by that stray bullet... ...Read More
11/15/2023
I can't stop thinking about the innocent bystander who got hit by that stray bullet... ...Read More
11/15/2023
It's really devastating to hear about James "Chicken" Goddard's murder, especially for his family an... ...Read More
01/04/2023
01/04/2023
