Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire in the Ohio city of Akron last month, was shot or grazed 46 times, according to a preliminary autopsy report released Friday by the medical examiner’s office in Summit County. The medical examiner detailed a summary of the report into Walker’s death at a news conference.
The report had been finalized Thursday.
Akron police acknowledged initial findings showed more than 60 wounds on Walker’s body.
Walker was killed June 27 at the end of a vehicle and foot chase that followed an attempted traffic stop. He wasn’t armed when he was shot, but authorities said Walker had fired a shot from his car 40 seconds into the chase. Police body camera footage released by the city on July 3 shows Walker wearing a ski mask, jumping out the front passenger door of his still-moving car and then running into a parking lot.
An attorney for Walker’s family says there was no need for officers to kill him.
Walker’s funeral was held Wednesday after days of protests.
Downtown Akron has seen daily protests since city officials released body camera footage from the eight officers involved in the shooting. They’ve announced a nightly curfew in downtown Akron from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
