{"id":2038,"date":"2026-05-07T22:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:02:14","slug":"ex-deputy-found-guilty-of-reckless-homicide-in-shooting-of-black-man-entering-grandmothers-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"Ex-deputy found guilty of reckless homicide in shooting of Black man entering grandmother\u2019s home"},"content":{"rendered":"

By PATRICK AFTOORA-ORSAGOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 A former sheriff\u2019s deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide at trial Thursday for\u00a0shooting a Black man who was bringing sandwiches\u00a0to his grandmother\u2019s house.<\/p>

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The killing of Casey Goodson Jr. by Jason Meade in December 2020 had provoked outrage in Ohio.<\/p>\n

Trial jurors said they couldn\u2019t agree on the more serious charge of murder, so the judge declared a mistrial on that count.<\/p>\n

Meade, who is white, said his shooting of Goodson \u2014 five times in the back and once in the side \u2014 was justified because he saw the 23-year-old holding a gun and turning toward him in the doorway of the house in Columbus. But no one else testified that they saw Goodson holding the gun he was licensed to carry, and no cameras recorded the shooting.<\/p>\n

This was Meade\u2019s second murder trial, after the first ended in a mistrial two years ago. He is now the second white law enforcement officer to be convicted in the killing of a Black man in the state since the 2020 killing of a Black man, George Floyd, sparked national protests.<\/p>\n

During the earlier proceeding, Meade testified that he pursued Goodson after the man waved a gun at him as they passed each other in their vehicles. According to his family and prosecutors, Goodson was holding a bag of Subway sandwiches in one hand and his keys in the other, and was listening to music through earbuds when he was killed.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors also said that evidence suggests the gun wasn\u2019t in his hands, but in a flimsy holder under his belt, and that it was found under his body, its safety mechanism still engaged, as Goodson laid mortally wounded on the kitchen floor of his grandmother\u2019s house.<\/p>

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