Tyler Goodson of âS-Townâ podcast officially pronounced dead 4 days after police shooting
Tyler Goodson, the popular “S-Town” podcast character shot by police in a west Alabama town over the weekend, has been pronounced dead.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the 32-year-old Goodson was pronounced dead at 5:35 a.m. Thursday. Bibb County Coroner Patrick Turner confirmed Goodson’s time of death.
Goodson was declared brain dead at 9:21 p.m. Tuesday. He then remained on life support at Legacy of Hope, Alabama’s Organ and Tissue Donation Alliances at UAB awaiting organ donation surgery, Turner said.
Those close to Goodson began announcing his death and offering condolences on social media on Sunday, the same day that he was shot by law enforcement authorities in Woodstock.
Goodson was shot in Sunday’s early-morning hours after multiple law enforcement agencies responded to his home in the 500 block of Georgia Loop Road in Woodstock. Authorities have not released the nature of the initial 911 call but said he had barricaded himself in the residence and a stand-off ensued.
Officers spent three hours trying to talk him out of the house before he was shot.
During the course of the incident, Goodson brandished a gun at officers and Goodson was shot, said Trooper Sgt. Jeremy Burkett.
Goodson posted this on Facebook before the shooting: “Police bout to shoot me down in my own yard.’’
Turner said the injured Goodson was first taken to UAB Medical West in Bessemer, and then transferred to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, where he remained until he was moved to Legacy of Hope.
Goodson and the small Bibb County town of Woodstock were featured in the hit podcast “S-Town,” from the makers of “Serial” and “This American Life.” The podcast was downloaded 40 million times worldwide within a month of its March release.
The shooting remains under investigation by ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation.