A former sheriff\u2019s deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide on Thursday for the fatal shooting of an Ohio man in 2020, a rare criminal conviction for a police-involved killing.<\/p>\n
Jason Meade, who was working with a task force, had been searching for a fugitive when he shot Casey Goodson Jr., 23, several times in the back in December 2020. The killing roiled the city of Columbus<\/a> and prompted hundreds to demonstrate in the streets.<\/p>\n Prosecutors and the family of Mr. Goodson, who is Black, have said that he was shot while standing in the doorway of his home in Columbus and was returning home with Subway sandwiches for his family after a dentist\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n A Franklin County jury found Mr. Meade guilty of reckless homicide on Thursday. The jury could not agree on whether to convict Mr. Meade of a separate murder charge, and the judge declared a mistrial for that count.<\/p>\n A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unusual for a law enforcement officer to be criminally tried over a killing that occurs on the job. In 2022, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty<\/a> of two counts of murder in the death of George Floyd, whose killing touched off racial justice protests worldwide. That conviction was seen as signaling a new willingness in the United States to hold police officers criminally accountable for misconduct.<\/p>\n