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Joshua Goen

43 years old · died December 9, 2022 · Lubbock County, Texas

Joshua Goen, 43, was the superintendent of the Seagraves school district. On the morning of Friday, December 9, 2022, he was found dead at a residence in Shallowater from what the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office described as an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He had been released from jail a few days before his death. The sheriff's office said the investigation into his death was ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Lubbock County Sheriff's Office said he died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the investigation was ongoing.

Reported by: Lubbock County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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