Casey Goodson Jr. Fact Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2020 (Columbus, OH) – The family of Casey Goodson Jr., along with their legal teams with Walton + Brown, LLP and Friedman, Gilbert + Gerhardstein held a virtual press conference Thursday, December 10 at 11 a.m. EST.

Those who appeared on camera:

  • Tamala Payne, Casey Goodson Jr.’s mother

  • Sean Walton, Partner - Walton + Brown LLP

  • Chanda Brown, Partner - Walton + Brown LLP

  • Sarah Gelsomino, Partner - Friedman, Gilbert + Gerhardstein

  • Eleanore Hilow-Andreani, Studiothink 

  • Daniella Cortez, Studiothink 

Fact Sheet:

  • No one in the family saw Casey brandish a weapon. Casey believed in safe and legal gun ownership. 

  • We know that nothing has been presented by any agency that would justify why Casey was shot. We have not been presented with any documentation that supports this was a justified shooting.

  • There is no expected timeline for the independent autopsy. We are still working with the family to receive Mr. Goodson’s body. 

  • A witness from the family did see Meade point a gun at Casey’s uncle, who was holding his toddler child at the time. 

  • The family was forced out of the house, held separately and treated as suspects instead of a scared and grieving family. Police attempted to keep Casey’s five year old brother from his mother. 

  • Casey’s phone is in police custody so we have no information regarding anything that would be answered by having access to his phone.

  • There has not been any video camera or security camera footage of the shooting recovered at this time. According to media reports, there is no bodycam footage either.

  • While the investigators are reporting that witnesses have been contacted, we have not been made aware of any names or identities of these individuals. 

  • No statement has been made by any entity to either offer justification for the shooting or to apologize for saying it would be deemed justified. 

  • The family’s request is that people across the country join the family of Casey Goodson in solidarity in celebrating Casey’s life and making demands for justice for his death and the deaths of countless Black people who have been unjustly killed by police officers.

 

About Walton + Brown, LLP: Walton + Brown, LLP takes pride in having a successful serious personal injury and civil rights practice, unafraid to step into a courtroom and litigate cases to the fullest extent necessary. With over 450 lawsuits filed and over $18 million in settlements or verdicts won for our clients, Sean and Chanda bring a record of success. Sean and Chanda have been awarded as Super Lawyers Rising Stars and have received Top 100 and Top 40 Under 40 designations as trial attorneys.

 
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