The night of Goodwin's murder, Thomas accused Goodwin of "letting the town run wide open", to which Goodwin replied that Thomas had just as much authority to correct the situation as Goodwin did. Thomas opened fire, shooting Goodwin in the head three times.
On the night of Goodwin's death, Thomas blamed Goodwin for allowing the town to be uncontrolled and Goodwin countered by saying Thomas had the same power to fix the issue.  Thomas shot Goodwin three times in the head.