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BLM activists say an Ohio black man who was shot dead was waving a sandwich. Police say it was a pistol.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] But was a sandwich recovered from the scene? Authorities in Ohio have identified a longtime Franklin County sheriff's deputy as the law enforcement officer who shot and killed a Black man in Columbus last Friday. Law enforcement said the man was waving a gun. His family said he was carrying a sandwich. The sheriff's office said the deputy who fired the shots, Jason Meade, a 17-year veteran of the force, was assigned full time to a U.S. Marshals Service runaway task force at the time of the incident. The task force had wrapped up an unsuccessful search for " The man killed, 23-year-old Casey Goodson, was not an object of the search, nor was he wanted by law enforcement prior to the incident, according to police. Related: Franklin County: 2020-03-28 This Indiana area has highest rate of COVID-19 cases in state Franklin County: 2018-08-25 Republican declared winner of Ohio special congressional election Franklin County: 2018-01-20 Ohio teen killed by police in court Posted by: Fred 2020-12-09 |
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