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Once the investigation is complete, the evidence will be turned over to the Franklin County Prosecutor to be presented to a grand jury, police said.

That investigation will examine whether Meade was legally justified in shooting Goodson, according to Columbus Police. “Even hours after his death, the keys that he used to let himself in the house as he was shot and killed hung in the door – a reminder to his family of how close he was to safety,” the attorney noted.įederal and local authorities investigateĮven though the shooting did not involve a Columbus Police officer, the Columbus Police Critical Incident Response Team is the primary agency investigating the shooting because it occurred in Columbus. In a statement, Walton said Goodson was “an amazing young man whose life was tragically taken.” “At this point, witness testimony and physical evidence raise serious concerns about why Casey was even confronted, let alone why he was shot dead while entering his own home,” Walton told CNN. Walton called on authorities to provide the family answers and said that the officer involved should be held accountable. Why police shoot so many times to bring down a suspectĭuring the US Marshal’s task force operation in Columbus, Meade reported seeing a man with a gun and was investigating the situation when there was reportedly a verbal exchange prior to the shooting, the Columbus Division of Police said.Īccording to police, no other officers witnessed the shooting, no civilian eyewitnesses have been identified and there is no body camera footage of the actual shooting because Franklin County Sheriff’s task force officers aren’t issued body cameras.ĬNN reached out to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for comment but has not yet heard back.

Goodson was not alleged to have committed any crimes, has no criminal background and was not the target of any investigation, Walton told CNN.Īn NYPD officer's sidearm in a belt holster. Goodson, an Ohio concealed carry permit holder, was legally armed at the time of the shooting, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Goodson had put his keys into his door before he was shot and fell into the kitchen, where his 5-year-old brother and his 72-year-old grandmother saw him lying on the ground with a Subway sandwich, family attorney Sean Walton told CNN.

Meade was working for the US Marshal’s fugitive task force looking for violent offenders at the time, but Goodson was not the person being sought by the task force, Columbus Police said. In June, Franklin County Prosecutor Gary Tyack appointed two outside prosecutors to investigate since the county prosecutor’s office serves as legal counsel to the sheriff’s office and anticipates having to defend the county and the law enforcement agency in this case.A sheriff’s deputy working for a fugitive task force shot and killed a Black man trying to enter his own home in Columbus, Ohio, last week in a case that is now being investigated by federal authorities.Ĭasey Goodson, 23, was fatally shot on Friday by a 17-year veteran of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, identified as deputy Jason Meade. Sheriff Dallas Baldwin had previously said the autopsy did not "provide all of the facts needed," and that he will wait until the criminal investigation is complete before pursuing any disciplinary action against Meade. The deputy had been on administrative leave from the sheriff’s office since the shooting. attorney’s office with help from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The case remains under criminal investigation by the U.S. A message was left with Meade's attorney, who has previously said that the coroner's report has no bearing on what actually happened that day. The Franklin County coroner said in March that Goodson had been shot five times in the back.Ī judge scheduled an initial hearing for Meade on Friday. Officials said that a gun was recovered from the scene but have not provided further details. Relatives say Goodson was opening the door to his grandmother’s house at the time he was shot. (Photo by Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sticker on the Food Not Bombs cooler reads Justice for Casey during the march and rally.