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Thomas Goodwin

Case from Goshen, IN dated Dec 11, 1998

Victim Details

Thomas Edward Goodwin

Male

White / Caucasian

Goshen

IN

1998-12-11

31

Thomas

Goodwin

07/19/2026

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On a tragic Friday morning, December 11, 1998, the city of Goshen, Indiana, lost a dedicated public servant. Patrolman Thomas Edward Goodwin, a 31-year-old male officer with the Goshen Police Department, was fatally shot while responding to a call at the Brookside Manor Mobile Home Park. An eight-year veteran of the force and a U.S. Army veteran, Goodwin was in the process of securing a crime scene when the incident unfolded.

As Patrolman Goodwin was cordoning off the area near Pebblebroo ...
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