COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A surprise witness coming forward has delayed the murder trial against a former sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Black man in 2020.

A man named Christopher Corne is scheduled to provide deposition testimony on Monday after he was subpoenaed by prosecutors as a last-minute witness in the trial of Jason Meade, a former Franklin County sheriff’s deputy. Meade’s trial is now set to resume on Tuesday, where he faces two counts of murder and one count of reckless homicide for the death of 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr. in December 2020.

The trial had been scheduled to continue on Thursday but was delayed for several hours as attorneys for both sides were seen meeting with Judge David Young behind closed doors. Young called the jury into the courtroom at 1:40 p.m. to announce the trial was breaking until 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday.

While both the defense and the prosecution had declined to comment, sources told NBC4 before Corne’s name was released that the surprise witness was a driver who was near the intersection where Meade said Goodson first waved and pointed a gun.

The address listed in Corne’s subpoena belongs to a heating and cooling business in Groveport. Earlier in the trial, a woman who lived near the house where Goodson was shot testified that she saw a heating and cooling van parked outside her home. It is not clear if that van is connected to the Groveport company.

Corne is required to provide all GPS records and an employment file, the filing states. In addition, Meade’s attorneys filed a subpoena for Goodson’s mother, Tamala Payne, and her civil attorney, Sean Walton, for all emails sent between them throughout the last six months regarding Corne.

It is unclear when Corne came forward and if he had any contact with Walton or Payne, who are also set to give depositions on Monday morning.

Meade’s attorneys have asserted that he was fresh off an assignment with the U.S. Marshals Service when he trailed Goodson and saw him wave a gun while driving. He shot Goodson after he pointed his gun at Meade, his attorneys have claimed.

Goodson’s family, and the state, have argued that Goodson was not holding his gun, for which he had a concealed carry permit. He could not have been a threat, they’ve said, because his back was toward Meade when he shot him six times, five of which hit Goodson’s back.

After the prosecution rested their case Tuesday morning, Meade testified for more than two and a half hours and another hour on Wednesday. Describing in detail the moments before he shot Goodson, Meade said he didn’t think he had any other choice than to shoot with a gun pointed at him.

Meade spent his entire law enforcement career at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, first becoming a deputy in 2007. He left the force in July 2021 on disability retirement, five months before he was charged in Goodson’s death. He had been on paid leave since shooting Goodson.

Meade’s defense attorneys have yet to rest their case and can still call more witnesses. After the defense rests, the prosecution can provide rebuttal evidence through witness testimony.