The death of Casey Goodson – murdered at her grandmother’s doorstep by an Ohio sheriff’s aide – was a murder, a statement released Wednesday. Gutson, a 23-year-old black man, died of “multiple gunshot wounds.” According to a preliminary autopsy conducted by the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. The death penalty office said the final report would be released within three to four months of the medical records and toxicology report pending. Sean Walton, a lawyer representing the family, told NBC News on Monday that Goodson had broken into a home in Columbus on August 4, when he was killed in front of his grandmother and two children. Columbus police said in a statement that a deputy, who worked on the U.S. Marshals Service fleeing task force, opened fire on Goodson after a “verbal exchange” that “reported seeing a man with a gun.” The sheriff said he recovered the gun from Deputy Goodson, but the young man was “not the person wanted by the American Marshals Task Force.” Casey Christophe was licensed to carry a concealed firearm by Gutson Jr. on Facebook Walton’s company report, “and Ohio does not prohibit carrying open firearms.” Walton Goodson said he was returning home from a dentist appointment and received three subway sandwiches. “There is no reason or justification for why this happened,” Walton said. “He fell in his own kitchen and died.” On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced that it was investigating the shooting in conjunction with the FBI and Columbus Police. Wilson Wong is a leading news correspondent with NBC News.
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