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A Super Bowl party, a fight and a fatal gas station shooting: Gainesville murder trial begins
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Kendrick Goss, left, appears in the Hall County Courthouse for his trial on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. Goss is accused of killing Kendrick McClendon at a Texaco on Athens Street. - photo by Ashtin Barker
A murder trial opened Tuesday with prosecutors accusing Kendrick Goss of hunting down a group of people after losing a fight at a Super Bowl party, while his attorneys told jurors the shooting was an act of self-defense after Goss had been beaten and left injured.