Former Ohio sheriff's deputy convicted of reckless homicide in shooting of Casey Goodson Jr.
Jason Meade, a white former sheriff's deputy, was found guilty of reckless homicide Thursday for shooting Casey Goodson Jr., a Black man, five times in the back and once in the side in December 2020. Jurors could not agree on the more serious charge of murder, resulting in a mistrial on that count. Meade claimed he saw Goodson holding a gun and turning toward him, but no witness corroborated this and no camera footage existed; Goodson was licensed to carry and was bringing sandwiches to his grandmother's house.
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