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Joseph Tyler Goodson

Gender : Male

Age : 32

Race : White

Date : 12/03/2023

Location : Georgia Loop Rd

City : Woodstock

County : Bibb

State : Alabama

Agency : Woodstock PD, unknown others

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during standoff for undisclosed reasons

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Police allege that they were called to a home, did not elaborate on the reasons, did admit that they created a 3-hour standoff, apparently involving numerous LEOs and that at the end, they shot and killed Joseph Tyler Goodson. It is not known what prompted what sounds like a SWAT standoff, whether he was armed or what happened. Goodson was arrested once before for domestic violence and again for killing his brother’s dog. Goodson had been a well-known and globally popular podcaster, host of the “S-Town podcasts” that are linked below. His podcast series S-Town was downloaded 40 million times in 115 countries.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://abc3340.com/news/local/s-town-podcast-central-character-tyler-goodson-dead-after-police-shooting

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/30/15084224/s-town-review-controversial-podcast-privacy

https://stownpodcast.org/chapter/7