On October 14, 1994, James Nathaniel Randolph Jr., 34, was one of five members of a Richmond, Virginia family killed in a mass shooting at their Gilpin Court public housing apartment. The attacker, 21-year-old Christopher C. Goins, had been the boyfriend of Randolph’s 14-year-old stepdaughter, Tamika Jones, who was seven months pregnant and had recently been hospitalized for pregnancy complications.
Goins used a .45-caliber handgun and shot the victims in the head at close range. In addition to Randolph, Daphne Jones, 29, and three children — Nicole, 9; David, 4; and Robert, 3 — were killed. Tamika Jones survived despite being shot nine times but lost her unborn child.
Goins was arrested, tried, and convicted on multiple counts including capital murder, four counts of first-degree murder, and two counts of attempted murder; the jury sentenced him to death and also imposed four life terms for the first-degree murder convictions.
Did anyone in Richmond know the Randolph or Jones family and have memories that could add detail about that October morning?