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The city of Akron, Ohio, is on edge this Fourth of July, one week after the fatal police shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker.
A news conference by city officials Sunday, along with the release of 13 police body camera videos, has started to paint a fuller picture of the shooting, which police say happened when Walker, who is Black, fled an attempted traffic stop early June 27.
Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, Akron Police Chief Stephen Mylett told reporters. A gun was found in Walker's vehicle after the shooting, police said, and officers said Walker fired a gun from his vehicle during the car chase.
Eight police officers were "directly involved" in the shooting, Mylett said, and all have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation, according to department protocol. According to information released by the city, seven of the eight officers are White and one is Black.
A medical examiner's report found Walker suffered at least 60 wounds as a result of the gunfire, Mylett said Sunday, though the medical examiner is still working to determine which are entrance wounds and which are exit wounds. The BCI will determine exactly how many times Walker was shot, Mylett said. In the meantime, it remains unclear how many rounds were fired, though Mylett said he anticipates "that number will be high" based on the videos, in which dozens of gunshots are heard over seven seconds. "A lot of rounds were fired," Mylett said.
originally posted by: asabuvsobelow
But Mr.Walker should not have been in a high speed chase , Mr.Walker should not have fired a weapon from the window , Mr walker should not have ran . Everything could have been avoided had this young man simply complied and him being killed has nothing to do with his skin color.
originally posted by: asabuvsobelow
... him being killed has nothing to do with his skin color.
And don't forget that when he did exit the vehicle he had a full ski-mask pulled over his head, which I would imagine would make it difficult to determine race.
the unedited footage is something to watch...
The city of Akron, Ohio, is on edge this Fourth of July, one week after the fatal police shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker.
remember this person was un armed at this point.
he no longer was a threat he was afraid and ran and they executed him for shooting at them.