Black Man Shot Multiple Times by Police Was Carrying Sandwich Not Gun, Family Says
On 12/9/20 at 7:17 PM EST
The family of Casey Christian Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man who was shot and killed on his doorstep by an Ohio sheriff s deputy on Friday, December 4, say that he was carrying a sandwich and not a gun as legal authorities have previously claimed.
U.S. Marshal Peter Tobin claimed that Goodson had waved a gun at Ohio Sheriff s Deputy Jason Meade while driving by him on Friday afternoon. Meade, who had been searching for a fugitive, followed Meade to his home where he confronted him and allegedly asked Goodson to drop his gun before shooting him to death when Goodson reportedly refused. Goodson later died at the hospital from his injuries.
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