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Shawn T. Gooden

died April 2, 2014 · Suwannee Correctional Institution, Florida

Shawn T. Gooden died on April 2, 2014, while held at Suwannee Correctional Institution, a Florida state prison. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement was examining the death as part of a statewide review of prison deaths, according to a September 2014 report in the Panama City News Herald. The Florida Department of Corrections' mortality listing records the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded the death as a homicide, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was examining it as part of a statewide probe of prison deaths.

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).

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