
9 sex offenders in custody, 4 remain wanted following Bulloch County compliance checks
By Tara Nguyen
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Travis Washington, 20, was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole, plus 5 years, for the 2023 murder of Rashad Gooddine. A jury found Washington guilty last week.Chief Judge John Morse handed down the sentence.What happenedGooddine was a father of two. He was going to a gas station for snacks when he was shot and killed, according to his family and prosecutors.The shooting happened Sept. 4, 2023, in the 5000 block of LaRoche Avenue. Washington was 17 at the time. Gooddine was 22.What the trial revealedGooddine’s family and prosecutors told WTOC reporter Madalyn Bierster the trial revealed that Gooddine asked a woman out inside the gas station. The woman went outside and told her boyfriend, Washington, who was in a car.Prosecutors said at trial, and repeated at sentencing, that Washington waited outside the gas station for Gooddine to come out. They said Washington hid behind an ice machine and shot Gooddine more than a dozen times with