GA - Eugene Ryder Stamey, 6, fatally shot at home, Hephzibah, 5 Nov 2018 *Arrest*

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HEPHZIBAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in Georgia say a man shot and killed a 6-year-old child.

Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen tells news outlets that Eugene Ryder Stamey died of a gunshot wound Monday night at his home in Hephzibah. The county sheriff’s office says 32-year-old Benjamin Wesley Goodson was taken into custody and charged with murder, child cruelty and other offenses.

Goodson is accused of shooting Eugene in the chest with a shotgun. The arrest warrant says the gun didn’t fire when Goodson first pointed it at the boy, so he had to pull the hammer back and aim again before shooting.

Investigators say Goodson is the live-in boyfriend of the child’s mother. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer who could comment.
Man accused of fatally shooting boy, 6, at home in Georgia

 

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UPDATE: Family says boy was playing "zombies" when shot by mother's boyfriend


RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) -- Benjamin Goodson is behind bars, facing several charges including murder and cruelty to children for allegedly shooting a 6-year-old boy.

The little boy's name is Ryder. His mother says she was in the house, washing her hair in the shower at the time of the shooting. She stated that her 6-year-old son, her boyfriend and another little boy were playing zombies in the house. The next thing she heard was a gun shot.

"As you can see he was adorable as ever," said Laura Stamey, Ryder’s grandmother as she looks at him cheesing hard in his picture day best.

Laura Stamey never thought this would be the last school picture her grandson would ever smile for.

"How do you suppose you're doing when you're fixing to take a 6 year old child and put him in the ground," said Stamey.

Laura has been crying her way through it.

"I never in a million years thought someone shot my grandson,” said Stamey. “A man that he thought loved him, a man that he loved."

This is the man who confessed to investigators.

It's her daughter's live-in boyfriend of nearly a year. Investigators say at a home down this dirt road in Hephzibah, Benjamin Goodson pointed a shotgun at 6-year-old Ryder and pulled the trigger. The gun did not fire. But, then Goodson pulled the hammer back and fired again at Ryder, shooting him in the chest.

“My grandson did not deserve to die, he didn't,” said Stamey. “There's nothing this little boy could've ever done wrong in his life for anybody to have ever done anything to him to hurt him."

Intentional or not Benjamin Goodson is facing charges of murder.

All of this happened at the suspect's mother’s house in Hephzibah. The mother stated she was actually pulling into her driveway when she heard the gun go off.
She stated that it was an accident and Ryder, her 8-year-old grandson and her son were playing "zombies" with Nerf guns when he got what he thought was an older, broken gun.

The incident report says that alcohol might have been involved. Ryder’s mom stated that Goodson had one beer and two shots before it happened.

 

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Ryder remembered as boy everyone loved as advocates talk being safe with guns and kids

Silly. Smiling. Dancing. That's all the family of 6-year-old Eugene "Ryder" Stamey wants to remember about their boy who is now gone.

The River Region is still trying to piece together what happened Monday, November 5. That's when Ryder, as he was affectionately called by his family, was shot to death.

Shotgun blast kills 6-year-old in east Georgia | Suspect's family claims it was accidental

However, the suspect's mother said that it wasn't intentional and that her son accidentally fired a gun he thought was broken while Ryder and her 8-year-old grandson played "zombie" with Nerf guns.

 

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Sorry one more

Bond not set for man accused of shooting 6-year-old Augusta boy - News - The Augusta Chronicle - Augusta, GA

No bond was set for Benjamin Wesley Goodson, 32, due to the nature of the crime. A bond hearing needs to be set at superior court. Goodson was represented by a public defender at the hearing in magistrate court, which handles all the initial appearances hearings of individuals arrested on felony warrants, but can't set bond on certain charges, such as murder.

 

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Ryder remembered as boy everyone loved as advocates talk being safe with guns and kids

Silly. Smiling. Dancing. That's all the family of 6-year-old Eugene "Ryder" Stamey wants to remember about their boy who is now gone.

The River Region is still trying to piece together what happened Monday, November 5. That's when Ryder, as he was affectionately called by his family, was shot to death.

Shotgun blast kills 6-year-old in east Georgia | Suspect's family claims it was accidental

However, the suspect's mother said that it wasn't intentional and that her son accidentally fired a gun he thought was broken while Ryder and her 8-year-old grandson played "zombie" with Nerf guns.

He fired at him twice. The first time the gun didn't fire, so that tells me it WAS intentional. IMO

 

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Benjamin Goodson shot Eugene Stamey once in the chest back on November 5th. Goodson was the live-in boyfriend of the boy's mother. Goodson was indicted this week on one count of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and several other charges.

Hephzibah man charged in death of 6-year-old now indicted on murder charges

 

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Man charged with shooting 6-year-old found not guilty

Not guilty on all charges