On January 28 at 2:03 am Antioch police officers heard gunshots in the area of W. 18th and A Street. While attempting to locate the source of the gunfire APD dispatch received a 911 call from a female stating someone had just shot into her house through the front bedroom wall.
She was awakened by the gunfire as she was sleeping in the bedroom when the shots came through.
The female was uninjured and relayed that she suspected the person responsible was her estranged husband, John Goodner, who is a retired Hercules police officer.
Officers responded to Goodner’s residence in the 800 block of Putnam Street and made contact with him. Goodner did not immediately surrender and would not comply with the officers’ commands. He was eventually taken into custody with the assistance of a Police K-9 without further incident.
Through the ensuing investigation it was learned that Goodner had been stalking and threatening his estranged wife since their separation, and on this night he drove past her house and fired multiple shots into her bedroom.
Goodner was booked into the Martinez Main Detention Facility and the district attorney’s office has filed charges of Attempted Murder as well as 1 count each of Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling, Terrorist Threats and Stalking. Goodner is being held on $1,775,000 bail. No further information will be released at this time.
Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call Det. Vanderpool with the Antioch Police Department at (925)779-6988.
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He did this infront of my shop—i ran him off once—-
Holly crap. I would have never thought John would do something like this. John was also a reserve police officer in Antioch prior to Hercules PD. Sad to see this happen.
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