Meade, who is white, is charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing in Columbus of Goodson, who was Black. Meade maintains that he shot Goodson because he brandished a gun. Meade, who is a pastor at a Baptist church, shot Goodson six times, including five times in the back, as Goodson tried to enter his grandmother’s house, police have said. Goodson’s family and prosecutors have said he was holding a sandwich bag in one hand and his keys in the other when he was fatally shot. Rosser, when asked by prosecutors, said he did not see Goodson holding a gun and testified that he heard the gunshots but did not witness Goodson’s killing.

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Persons: Tim Merkle, Casey Goodson Jr, Jason Meade, ”, Meade, Goodson, Mark Collins, Collins, Christopher Corne, Corne, Tamala Payne, Goodson’s, Ryan Rosser, Rosser, ___ Samantha Hendrickson Organizations: — Prosecutors, Facebook, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio, Columbus