Fatal Encounters

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Kevin Matthew Goodwin

Name: Kevin Matthew Goodwin
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/23/2021
Location: 313 Arkansas 367
Austin, Arkansas, 72007
County: Lonoke
Agency: Lonoke County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Pursuit
Media summary: About 7 p.m., deputies went to a Vice Lane address in reference to a stolen vehicle. An SUV burst through a closed gate and sped away. A deputy and a Cabot police officer later found the SUV, which had crashed into another vehicle. The fleeing vehicle, a Toyota 4Runner, had crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a 2008 Toyota Scion. The Scion's driver, Kevin Goodwin of Ward, was killed. The driver of the 4Runner, identified as 35-year-old Clayton Piety of Jonesboro, was arrested.
Unique ID: 30646

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