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Police Officer J. Carl Goodwin | Bessemer Police Department, Alabama
Bessemer Police Department, Alabama

Police Officer

J. Carl Goodwin

Bessemer Police Department, Alabama

End of Watch: Saturday, June 15, 1918

Biographical Info

Age: 33
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 15, 1918
Weapon Used: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Goodwin was shot and killed by a man shortly after arresting a second man on a vagrancy warrant. Officer Goodwin had arrested the man in a boarding house, and as they walked onto the porch they encountered another man whom Officer Goodwin did not recognize. The suspect immediately produced a revolver and shot Officer Goodwin, killing him.

Officer Goodwin had been shot and wounded two years earlier, on February 26, 1916, in the same incident in which Chief of Police Thomas Wallace was killed.

Officer Goodwin was survived by his wife, son, and three brothers.