Ohio deputy who fatally shot Black man entering his grandmother's house is convicted of reckless homicide
Updated on: May 8, 2026 / 9:33 AM EDT / CBS/AP
TL;DR
- Jason Meade, a former sheriff's deputy, was convicted of reckless homicide in the shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr.
- Jurors declared a mistrial on the more serious murder charge.
- Meade testified he saw Goodson holding a gun and turning toward him, but no other witnesses corroborated this.
- Goodson's family expressed a desire for a murder conviction, believing the shooting was intentional.
- This is the second trial for Meade, with the first also ending in a mistrial.
- The case occurred in Ohio and has drawn parallels to other high-profile killings of Black men by law enforcement.