Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan and the Akron police today are holding a news conference Firestone Park Community center in Akron, not far from the parking lot where police fatally shot 25-year-old Jayland Walker early Monday. Watch here:
AKRON, Ohio - Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan and the Akron police today are holding a news conference Firestone Park Community center in Akron, not far from the parking lot where police fatally shot 25-year-old Jayland Walker early Monday.
The city released body cam video from officers, as well as a timeline of the shooting and information on the eight officers involved.The city is streaming the news conference on its“I’ve talked about being beyond outraged and beyond shocked,” Horrigan said. “The video you’re about to watch is heartbreaking.”
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Ohio attorney general’s office will investigate the shooting. The Akron police department’s internal affairs department is also investigating. When a shot was fired from Walker’s car, he said, “it went from being a routine traffic stop to a public safety issue.”
Summit County Black elected leaders, including U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, have called for justice. And protests are growing in the city, where Horrigan canceled the annual Rib, White and Blue weekend festival.
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