Conflicting Narratives Emerge in Ohio Shooting, Prompting Protests Much about the shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr. by a sheriff’s deputy has been disputed — what led to it, why it happened and where exactly on his body Mr. Goodson was shot. Demonstrators protesting the death of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday.Credit...Da'Shaunae Marisa for The New York Times Published Dec. 14, 2020Updated Dec. 15, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the moment before Casey Goodson Jr. was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy at the entrance of his home, his lifelong neighbor heard a man shouting, as if he were arguing, and then a burst of gunfire.