Former Franklin County Deputy Jason Meade took the witness stand in his murder trial Tuesday.Meade is accused of shooting and killing Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020.
COLUMBUS, Ohio —Meade is accused of shooting and killing Casey Goodson Jr. in 2020. At issue isn't whether he shot him, but. He began testifying at about 1:40 p.m. It took until about 2 p.m. before Meade began answering questions about the specifics of the day of the shooting.
When asked why he felt it was necessary to pursue Goodson, Meade said, "I'm a law enforcement officer. It's my duty to respond. It's my job." "My intent was to call him back towards me," Meade said. "After he had stopped, I gave him more commands again, at which point he made a turn, and he pointed the gun back toward me ... I stepped to the left, and I shot him.""Because he pointed his gun at me," Meade said. "I thought I was going to die.""One hundred percent positive," Meade said.
The defense claims Meade was working with a U.S. Marshal’s task force when he saw Goodson driving in a car waving a gun. Meade then followed Goodson to his home and ordered him to put his gun down, but that Goodson did not comply, according to his defense.taken from a Minerva Park police officer in the moments following the shooting. There is no video of the shooting itself.
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