Thomas Goodson, 32, was found dead on the night of September 3, 2025, behind a home on Lawrence Lane in Stafford, Texas. His body was wrapped in a blanket and concealed beneath plywood after officers responded to the scene following a man who walked into the Stafford Police Department to report that his son had killed someone at that address.

Inside the residence, 35-year-old Adrian Mercado opened fire intermittently on law enforcement during a roughly hour-and-a-half standoff. At least one round struck an officer’s vest-mounted radio, preventing serious injury. When an entry team cleared the house, Mercado was found dead inside with a gunshot wound; an autopsy later concluded he was killed by a round fired by a Stafford police officer. No arrests have been made, and authorities said they hadn’t identified a clear motive or the relationship, if any, between Mercado and Goodson.

Detectives continued processing evidence and interviewing witnesses to establish a timeline that began around 9:55 p.m. Does anyone who knew Thomas Goodson or saw activity on Lawrence Lane that night have information to share?