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ST. GEORGE — They waited two years for their day in court. To face the man convicted of manslaughter. To release their frustrations. To tell the judge what the sentence should be.
Emotions ran high in district court Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for Tommy Bradshaw Jr., 35, who pleaded guilty in September to first-degree felony discharge of a firearm and second-degree felony manslaughter in the June 2020 death of Jamal "Tank" Goodman, age 23.
The victim's family traveled from Southern California to attend the hearing, with several of them making an emotional appeal to the court.
Among them was Goodman's mother, Jea Reese, who sat at the prosecutor's table as she prepared to address the court, unable to speak initially. District Judge Eric A. Ludlow addressed her by saying, "You've waited two years, four months, and 23 days for this day. So ma'am I want you to take your time."
