Jason Meade said he shot Casey Goodson Jr. because he saw Goodson with gun, but no one else testified they saw him holding a weapon. Goodson had a license to carry.

A former sheriff's deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide at trial Thursday for shooting a Black man who was bringing sandwiches to his grandmother's house. The killing of Casey Goodson Jr. by Jason Meade in December 2020 had provoked outrage in Ohio.

A jury has began deliberating in the retrial of a former sheriff's deputy in Ohio charged with murder and reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020. Jason

A Franklin County jury has found former sheriff's deputy Jason Meade guilty of reckless homicide in the 2020 shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr.

A jury in Columbus, Ohio, reached a partial verdict on Thursday in the retrial of a former Ohio deputy Jason Meade, who was charged in the 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Casey Goodson, Jr. The jury found Meade guilty of reckless homicide,

Former Franklin County sheriff's deputy Jason Meade was found guilty on May 7, 2026, of reckless homicide for killing Casey Goodson Jr. in December of 2020.

Community leaders reacted to the partial verdict in the retrial of former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy Jason Meade.

The family of Casey Goodson Jr. embraced and wept in a Franklin County courtroom Thursday after former deputy Jason Meade was found guilty of reckless homicide in Goodson’s 2020 shooting death.