'My son was murdered in cold blood for being a black man': Mother of man, 23, shot dead by sheriff's deputy in Ohio when his 'Subway sandwich was mistaken for a gun' calls officer who killed him a 'coward'
The heartbroken mother of the black man shot outside his grandmother's home by an Ohio sheriff's deputy says he was murdered 'in cold blood' for 'being a black man'. Casey Christopher Goodson Jr, 23, was killed on Friday December 4 in northeast Columbus when Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Meade opened fire. 'My son was murdered in cold blood, and we don't have no answers as to why he was murdered. It is not a question to me at all at this time if my son was murdered or not,' Goodson's mother Tamala Payne said to CBS News. Payne became emotional as she said her son was targeted for nothing other than 'being a black man', and slammed Meade as 'a coward.' The US Marshals, Columbus police and Goodson's family have shared differing accounts of what led up to the shooting. US Marshal Peter Tobin said Goodson was seen driving down the street waving a gun and when Meade confronted him, it resulted in the shooting. Bu