Jayland Walker, the unarmed man shot last month by eight Akron police officers while fleeing after a car chase, suffered 41 gunshot entry wounds and five graze wounds, Summit County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lisa Kohler said.
In this video clip Jayland Walker is seen leaving out of the passenger door with a ski mask on as Akron police pursue. Twenty-six bullets were recovered from Walker's body.AKRON, Ohio -- Jayland Walker, the unarmed man shot last month by eight Akron police officers while fleeing after a car chase, suffered 41 gunshot entry wounds and five graze wounds, Summit County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lisa Kohler said in a press conference this morning.
Akron police said that Walker fired a gunshot during the car chase, and that he made a motion toward his waistband while on foot, prompting officers to shoot. Photos included in the initial autopsy report from the night of the shooting showed that medical examiner’s staff marked more than 60 wounds on Walker’s body, but did not specify whether the injuries were all gunshot wounds, or if they were entrance or exit wounds.Five wounds were discovered on the back of Walker’s body, Kohler said, though she couldn’t determine whether those bullets struck Walker while he was fleeing or rolling on the ground.
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