JESSE F GOODWIN

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Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 42-E: 26
Department: Texas Department of Criminal Justice
End of Watch: July 16, 1890
Cause: SHOT
Age: 21
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Correctional Officer Goodwin was shot as he guarded a group of inmates in the hospital at the Butterfield facility. One of the inmates pointed a smuggled pistol at Officer Goodwin and demanded that he drop his weapon. When Officer Goodwin refused, he was shot. Another inmate then shot Officer Goodwin a second time. Officer Goodwin died of his injuries two days later.
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