Franklin County Corner Dr. Anahi M. Ortiz ruled Casey Christopher Goodson Jr.’s death a homicide, she announced in a statement Wednesday.
Jason Meade, a Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, shot and killed Goodson outside his family home in northern Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 4.
Casey Christopher Goodson Jr., was shot and killed by an Ohio deputy outside his family home Dec. 4. (Photo: Tamala Payne/Facebook/Franklin County Sheriff’s Office)
An autopsy was performed Tuesday and Ortiz released preliminary findings from the medical examination, which show that the 23-year-old Black man died from multiple gunshot wounds to his torso, although the report did not clarify whether Goodson was shot from behind, as his family has claimed.
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Ro’daryus Mitchell, 23, and Jae’Vontea Taylor, 18, were located in Birmingham and taken into custody on Tuesday by members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Their arrest was announced in a Wednesday news release by the Tuscaloosa Police Department.
The two men were sought on warrants by Tuscaloosa police charging them with 22 felony counts of breaking into vehicles. They are also suspected of breaking into vehicles parked at hotels across Alabama.
“They were traveling all over the state, targeting people staying at hotels, mainly going after guns, and furthering some other crimes in Birmingham, said TPD Criminal Investigator Jeff Curvin. It’s good to get some guns off the street and quit having some of these stolen.”