Robert Goode
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Deputy Marshal

Robert Goode

Columbus Police Department — Columbus, TX
Felonious
End of Watch July 28, 1868
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Gender Male

Incident

Marshal Goode responded to a disturbance call where three individuals were fighting and creating a disturbance. While attempting to separate the individuals involved in the fight, one of the three shot Marshal Goode in the heart. He died a few minutes later from the gunshot wound.

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August 2, 2026

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158 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Marshal Goode served with the Columbus Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Columbus community. Gone but never to be forgotten.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Columbus, Colorado County, TX
Platform Identity cpd.colorado.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 28, 1868
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Deputy Marshal Robert Goode is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,461 of 2,422 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Columbus Police Department, 2 of 2 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Columbus Police Department
2
of 2 officers
100% Felonious
TX — Statewide
1,461
of 2,422 officers
60.3% Felonious
Nationwide
1
of 97,772 officers
0% Felonious

National Cause Distribution

How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Robert Goode's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
1 (0%)
Accident
1 (0%)
Illness
1 (0%)
Cardiac
1 (0%)
Undetermined
1 (0%)
Suicide
1 (0%)

How Robert Goode Compares

When Felonious Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Robert Goode is highlighted in Jul.

Jan
1,392
Feb
1,295
Mar
1,373
Apr
1,516
May
1,504
Jun
1,442
Jul
1,587
Aug
1,517
Sep
1,491
Oct
1,371
Nov
1,447
Dec
1,624

Weapons Used Against Officers

Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.

Handgun
3,684
Gun
3,592
Gun; Unknown type
1,492
Shotgun
1,109
Rifle
935
Officer's handgun
909

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