But the BCI announced that they would not be able to accept the case because of an unexplained delay in the request.
McFadden and her supporters held a protest in front of the Division of Police in downtown Columbus, Ohio to support McFadden and to continue to speak out against police brutality and racism within the CPD.Protest against police brutality and racism in Columbus, US - Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/Shutterstockīlack officers say Columbus, Ohio, police prejudice isn't limited to civilians: They're battling it, tooĬolumbus Police had on Monday attempted to turn over the investigation to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), the state agency that typically investigates police-involved shootings. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (10971388h)Melissa McFadden speaks to her supporters in front of the Columbus Division of Police.Melissa McFadden, a 24 year veteran of the Columbus Police Department, released a book titled "Walking the Thin Black Line: Confronting Racism in the Columbus Division of Police" in September of 2020, and has received a significant backlash for condemning many of the CPD's actions as "racist". “This offers the highest level of transparency and a clear path to the truth,” Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan said. In addition, the US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio and the FBI are launching a federal civil rights investigation. Once the investigation is complete, the evidence will be turned over to the Franklin County Prosecutor to be presented to a grand jury, police said. That investigation will examine whether Meade was legally justified in shooting Goodson, according to Columbus Police. “Even hours after his death, the keys that he used to let himself in the house as he was shot and killed hung in the door – a reminder to his family of how close he was to safety,” the attorney noted.įederal and local authorities investigateĮven though the shooting did not involve a Columbus Police officer, the Columbus Police Critical Incident Response Team is the primary agency investigating the shooting because it occurred in Columbus. In a statement, Walton said Goodson was “an amazing young man whose life was tragically taken.” “At this point, witness testimony and physical evidence raise serious concerns about why Casey was even confronted, let alone why he was shot dead while entering his own home,” Walton told CNN. Walton called on authorities to provide the family answers and said that the officer involved should be held accountable. Why police shoot so many times to bring down a suspectĭuring the US Marshal’s task force operation in Columbus, Meade reported seeing a man with a gun and was investigating the situation when there was reportedly a verbal exchange prior to the shooting, the Columbus Division of Police said.Īccording to police, no other officers witnessed the shooting, no civilian eyewitnesses have been identified and there is no body camera footage of the actual shooting because Franklin County Sheriff’s task force officers aren’t issued body cameras.ĬNN reached out to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for comment but has not yet heard back.
Goodson was not alleged to have committed any crimes, has no criminal background and was not the target of any investigation, Walton told CNN.Īn NYPD officer's sidearm in a belt holster. Goodson, an Ohio concealed carry permit holder, was legally armed at the time of the shooting, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Goodson had put his keys into his door before he was shot and fell into the kitchen, where his 5-year-old brother and his 72-year-old grandmother saw him lying on the ground with a Subway sandwich, family attorney Sean Walton told CNN. Meade was working for the US Marshal’s fugitive task force looking for violent offenders at the time, but Goodson was not the person being sought by the task force, Columbus Police said.
A sheriff’s deputy working for a fugitive task force shot and killed a Black man trying to enter his own home in Columbus, Ohio, last week in a case that is now being investigated by federal authorities.Ĭasey Goodson, 23, was fatally shot on Friday by a 17-year veteran of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, identified as deputy Jason Meade.
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