Nine women and three men have been selected to serve on the jury in the murder retrial of Jason Meade, forming the panel that will hear testimony and ultimately decide the case.

A jury was seated late Wednesday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for the retrial of Jason Meade.

On Thursday, the jury—made up of nine women and three men—will begin hearing the case involving Meade, who is charged in the 2020 shooting death of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr..

Meade faces charges of murder and reckless homicide in connection with Goodson’s death more than five years ago. His first trial in 2024 ended in a mistrial after jurors were unable to reach a verdict.

Roughly 70 people remained in the jury pool on Wednesday after more than 100 completed questionnaires last week. The court selected two women and two men as alternates, who will step in if any jurors need to be replaced.

Goodson’s mother, Tamala Payne, has attended court proceedings every day this week.

“Casey’s life was taken unexpectedly, in a wrongful manner,” she said. “I will stand for him every day. It’s important that I stand and represent him everyday, we will stand for what is right every single day.”

Jason Meade was working with a federal task force in December 2020 serving warrants when he said Casey Goodson Jr. drove past him while waving a gun. Meade said he turned his truck around and followed Goodson—who was not being pursued by the task force—to his grandmother’s home.

Prosecutors say Meade shot Goodson as he walked into his grandmother’s house carrying a sub sandwich and wearing AirPods.

The defense argues that Meade shot Goodson after Goodson waved a gun at him and refused commands to drop the weapon.

A gun was discovered near Casey Goodson Jr. inside his grandmother’s home after the shooting. An autopsy determined that Goodson had been shot five times in the back.

Fraternal Order of Police President Brian Steel said Jason Meade was justified in firing after Goodson pointed a gun at him.

“What he did, his actions, caused that officer to react,” Steel said. “Officer Meade had trigger pull with an automatic weapon, how an automatic weapon works you depress one time, five or six shots come out.”

Opening statements are set for Thursday morning, after which the jury will be taken to view the scene of the shooting.

Testimony scheduled to start Friday.