2026年5月8日 / 美国东部时间上午9:33 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
一名前副警长周四在审判中被判过失杀人罪，罪名是射杀了一名正在给祖母家送三明治的黑人男子。
杰森·米德于2020年12月杀害凯西·古德森 Jr.的事件曾在俄亥俄州引发公愤。
审判陪审团无法就更严重的谋杀指控达成一致，导致法官就此项指控宣布审判无效。
白人警官米德称，他开枪击中23岁的古德森后背五枪、侧腹一枪是正当防卫，因为他看到这名男子手持枪支并在哥伦布一处住宅的门口朝他转身。但没有其他证人证实看到古德森持有他合法持有的枪支，且没有监控录像记录下枪击过程。
这是米德的第二次谋杀审判，首次审判于两年前以审判无效告终。自2020年明尼苏达州乔治·弗洛伊德被杀引发全国抗议以来，他是该州第二名在杀害黑人男子案件中被定罪的白人执法人员。
古德森的母亲塔玛拉·佩恩表示，有罪判决让她的家人获得了了结和安宁。她此前告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，她认为儿子是“被冷血谋杀”。
塔玛拉·佩恩在2026年4月23日周四对前富兰克林县副警长杰森·米德的重审开庭陈述期间捂住耳朵。多拉尔·切诺韦思 / 美联社
“我既开心又难过，百感交集，”佩恩告诉哥伦比亚广播公司下属电视台WBNS。她说，能让米德“被定罪仍然是一种很棒的感觉”。
米德在首次审判中作证称，当时两人驾车擦肩而过，古德森朝他挥舞枪支，因此他追赶了古德森。据古德森的家人和检察官透露，古德森当时一只手拿着赛百味三明治的袋子，另一只手拿着钥匙，案发时正通过耳机听音乐。
米德在第二次审判中并未出庭作证。
检察官还表示，证据显示枪支并未在古德森手中，而是在他腰带下一个单薄的枪套里。他们补充说，枪支在古德森被致命击中后躺在他的身体下方，保险栓仍处于锁定状态，当时古德森倒在祖母家厨房的地板上。
现年47岁的米德于2021年从富兰克林县警长办公室退休。他同时还是一名浸信会牧师。他的律师援引米德对事件经过的口头和书面陈述，称枪击是正当防卫。
前副警长杰森·米德在2026年5月6日周三的重审结案陈词期间站着。多拉尔·切诺韦思 / 美联社
俄亥俄州法律将谋杀定义为故意致人死亡，而较轻的过失杀人罪则指被告在造成死亡过程中行为鲁莽。前者最高可判处终身监禁，后者最高刑期为五年。
法官戴维·杨将判刑日期定在7月16日。
检察官表示，他们对过失杀人罪的有罪判决感到满意，尚未决定是否就谋杀指控寻求第三次审判——佩恩表示她希望看到这一结果。
“第一次审判时有九名陪审员希望以谋杀罪定罪他，这次审判也有十名陪审员希望以谋杀罪定罪他，绝大多数听过这个案子的人都明白这就是谋杀，”佩恩家族的律师肖恩·沃尔顿告诉WBNS。
辩护律师马克·柯林斯和凯特琳·斯蒂芬斯事后并未向媒体发表讲话。
判决公布后，首都城市第9兄弟警察会主席兼首席执行官布莱恩·斯蒂尔表示，他尊重陪审团的裁决，但对判决结果“感到失望”。他表示希望检察官办公室不要就谋杀指控寻求重审。
“这场官司拖了六年，实在太久了，这已经是第二次审判了。我希望无论是为了米德家族、古德森家族还是整个社区，我们都不要再就这项谋杀指控进行第三次审判了，”斯蒂尔说道。
凯西·古德森 Jr. 家庭照片 / 由律师肖恩·沃尔顿通过美联社提供
案发当天在附近驾车的克里斯托弗·科恩在两次审判中都为控方作证。他说，枪击前不久古德森似乎在卡车里跳舞唱歌。他在第一次审判中也作证称，没有看到古德森手中有枪。
哥伦布市警察塞缪尔·里佩在第二次审判中作证称，他在对古德森进行急救时看到地板上放着一把带有加长弹匣的手枪。
古德森之死在俄亥俄州引发公愤，在白人警察杀害黑人事件频发的背景下，民众要求警方改革的呼声高涨，此前明尼阿波利斯市一名白人警察杀害乔治·弗洛伊德的事件更是加剧了这一诉求。
哥伦布市的高速公路天桥上悬挂着横幅，上面写着“为凯西·古德森 Jr.伸张正义”和“定罪谋杀犯米德”等标语。法官在审判期间下令取下这些横幅。
俄亥俄州此前此类案件的起诉仅取得过一次定罪——哥伦布市警察亚当·科伊，他在2020年杀害安德烈·希尔一案中被控包括谋杀在内的多项罪名。
Ohio deputy who fatally shot Black man entering his grandmother’s house is convicted of reckless homicide
May 8, 2026 / 9:33 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A former sheriff’s deputy was found guilty of reckless homicide at trial Thursday for shooting a Black man who was bringing sandwiches to his grandmother’s house.
The killing of Casey Goodson Jr. by Jason Meade in December 2020 had provoked outrage in Ohio.
Trial jurors said they couldn’t agree on the more serious charge of murder, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial on that count.
Meade, who is White, said his shooting of Goodson — five times in the back and once in the side — was justified because he saw the 23-year-old holding a gun and turning toward him in the doorway of the house in Columbus. But no one else testified they saw Goodson holding the gun he was licensed to carry, and no cameras recorded the shooting.
This was Meade’s second murder trial after the first one ended in a mistrial two years ago. He is now the second White law enforcement officer to be convicted in the killing of a Black man in the state since the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked national protests.
Tamala Payne, Goodson’s mother, said the guilty verdict gives her family closure and peace. She previously told CBS News that she believed her son had been “murdered in cold blood.”
Tamala Payne covers her ears during opening statements in the retrial of former Franklin County Deputy Jason Meade on Thursday, April 23, 2026. Doral Chenoweth / AP
“I’m happy, I’m sad and I’m everywhere,” Payne told CBS affiliate WBNS. She said that to have Meade “convicted of something is still a great feeling.”
Meade had testified in the first trial that he pursued Goodson after the man waved a gun at him as they passed each other in their vehicles. According to his family and prosecutors, Goodson was holding a bag of Subway sandwiches in one hand and his keys in the other, and was listening to music through earbuds when he was killed.
Meade did not take the stand at his second trial.
Prosecutors also said the evidence suggests the gun wasn’t in his hands, but in a flimsy holder under his belt. They added it was found under his body, its safety mechanism still engaged, as Goodson laid mortally wounded on the kitchen floor of his grandmother’s house.
Meade, now 47, retired from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department in 2021. He’s also a Baptist pastor. His attorney cited Meade’s oral and written accounts of what happened, and said the shooting was justified.
Former sheriff’s deputy Jason Meade stands during closing arguments of his retrial on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Doral Chenoweth / AP
Ohio law defines murder as the purposeful causing of a death, while the lesser charge of reckless murder means the defendant acted recklessly in causing a death. The former is punishable by up to life in prison, while the latter carries a maximum prison sentence of five years.
Judge David Young set sentencing for July 16.
Prosecutors said they were pleased with the guilty verdict on the reckless homicide charge and haven’t decided yet whether to pursue a third trial on the murder charge — something Payne said she would like to see happen.
“Knowing that in the first trial, nine jurors wanted to convict him of murder, and (in) this trial, 10 jurors wanted to convict him of murder, there’s an overwhelming number of folks who hear this case and they understand that this was murder,” Sean Walton, the attorney for the Payne family, told WBNS.
Defense attorneys Mark Collins and Kaitlyn Stephens did not address the media afterward.
Following the verdict, Brian Steel, president and chief executive of the Fraternal Order of Police Capital City Lodge #9, said he respects the jury but was “disappointed” with the decision. He said he hopes the prosecutor’s office does not seek a retrial on the murder charge.
“This was long six years drawn out. This is the second trial. I hope they’re for the sake of not only the Meade family, the Goodson family and the community, I hope we don’t try to do a third trial on this murder charge,” Steel said.
Casey Goodson Jr. Family Photo/Courtesy of Attorney Sean Walton via AP
Christopher Corne was driving nearby that day and testified for the prosecution at both trials. He said Goodson seemed to be dancing and singing in his truck shortly before the shooting. He also testified during the first trial that he did not see a gun in Goodson’s hand.
Columbus police Officer Samuel Rippey testified at the second trial that while he was administering emergency treatment to Goodson, he saw the gun, with an extended magazine, lying on the floor.
Goodson’s death provoked public outrage in Ohio as the killings of Black people by White officers increased demands for police reform following the killing of Floyd by a White police officer in Minneapolis.
Banners were hung from highway overpasses in Columbus, carrying messages such as “Justice for Casey Goodson Jr.” and “Convict Murderer Meade.” The judge ordered the banners taken down during the trial.
Previous Ohio prosecutions in such cases led to only one conviction — that of Columbus police officer Adam Coy, who was indicted on charges including murder in the 2020 killing of Andre Hill.
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