Goodson was not the suspect that the US Marshal's task force was looking for and was not the target of any investigation, authorities said. So far, authorities have said that the Franklin County Sheriff's deputy - who was part of a US Marshal's task force looking for a "violent" suspect in the area - saw Goodson waving a gun from his car and shot him after a "verbal argument." The deputy was identified as Jason Meade, a 17-year veteran with the sheriff's office. The community deserves to know what happened." "It's not enough at this point to just tell us is accused of waving a gun and something went wrong and he's dead," Sean Walton, an attorney hired by Goodson's family, told BuzzFeed News.
To know what happened in the last moments of Goodson's life, his family's attorney said that they will have to rely primarily on the account of the officer who killed him. But the answers his relatives are getting from investigators are that there were no body cameras, no cellphone footage, no eyewitnesses, and no other officers to witness what really happened during Friday's deadly shooting in Columbus, Ohio. “That in itself is extremely concerning for the family,” Walton says.Casey Goodson Jr.'s family wants to know why the 23-year-old Black man was gunned down and killed outside his home by a sheriff's deputy. Tobin added that he already believed the shooting was justified. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, held a press conference alleging that Meade shot Goodson after he refused to drop his weapon. 4, hours after the incident, Peter Tobin, U.S. 6 statement and offered no further comment Responding to TIME’s request for a response on Walton’s claims, the CPD pointed to its Dec. He also says the family has still not seen his body. Goodson’s family has been left getting updates from local media, Walton continues-telling TIME that CPD has not provided any further details regarding his death.
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He had worked as a truck driver but found in recent months that his driving opportunities had slowed down amid the economic impact of COVID-19. Goodson was the oldest of 10 children according to Walton, he was a father figure for his younger siblings. He was killed as he walked into his home,” adds Sarah Gelsomino, another attorney representing the Goodson family. “He wasn’t shot in the car, he wasn’t shot near the car. Furthermore, they do not believe Meade’s actions-firing after Goodson had exited his vehicle and was, allegedly, not engaging the officer-were justifiable. Goodson’s family are disputing law enforcement’s version of events, Walton says.
“The family has no answers and the public has no answers.” hasn’t disclosed how many times he was shot, where he was shot and most importantly what Casey did that led to the officer taking his life,” Walton tells TIME. “Key information has been left out of the narrative. “A number of inaccurate statements” have been circulating, the CPD’s statement read, “which can only add to the pain and confusion of such a tragic situation.”īut Walton points to the CPD’s own statement as inaccurate. Goodson was licensed to carry a concealed weapon, his family have said. The CPD’s statement added that there were “reports of a verbal exchange”-though, having noted that no other officers were at the scene, and no civilians witnessed the shooting, it is not clear who made such reports-and that a gun was recovered from the scene. But Goodson was not a target of the task force, and has no criminal history according to family attorney, Sean Walton. Marshals as part of a fugitive task force.
Meade was working in the area with the U.S. Multiple members of Goodson’s family were inside the home at the time. This led to Meade approaching Goodson after he exited his car and walked towards his home, where he was shot. 6 on social media, the Columbus Police Department claimed that the deputy responsible, who they identified as James Meade, saw a man believed to be Goodson with a gun while driving.
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