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James Arnold Goddard III

Case from Providence, RI dated Oct 31, 2017

Victim Details

James Goddard

Male

Black / African American

Providence

RI

2017-10-31

28

James

Arnold Goddard III

07/02/2026

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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 ...
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  • providencejournal.com: Providence homicide victim ID'd; had survived a shooting in May
  • WPRI 12 Eyewitness News: Police ID victim of Providence shooting
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    Did anyone else hear about the Halloween shooting in Providence? It seems that James "Chicken" Godda... ...Read More
    02/18/2024
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    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
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