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Ex-deputy found guilty of reckless homicide in shooting of Black man entering grandmother’s home
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Ex-deputy found guilty of reckless homicide in shooting of Black man entering grandmother’s home

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — 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. Trial jurors said they couldn’t agree on the more serious charge of murder, so the judge declared a mistrial on that count. Meade, who is white, said his shooting of Goodson — five times in the back and once in the side — 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. This was Meade’s second murder trial, after the first ended in a mistrial two years ago.…

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