The attorney representing the family of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who was killed last month by police in Akron, Ohio, in a barrage of bullets after an attempted traffic stop, believes that city officials are doing more to protect the police officers than members of their own community.
At a news conference announcing the autopsy’s findings, Dr. Lisa Kohler, the Summit County medical examiner, said her office was unable to determine how many bullets were fired at Walker or which bullet may have ultimately killed him, but she concluded that Walker “had several very devastating injuries that would cause death.”
“The subject needs to be ‘Where is the public apology?’” he added, calling out Akron Mayor Daniel Horrigan and Police Chief Steve Mylett, who he said have apologized to the family behind closed doors, but not done so publicly. About 100 bullets were discharged from at least eight of the 13 responding officers’ guns, according to officials. Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, though Mylett says a gun was recovered from his car after the shooting.
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