Summit County Medical Examiner Lisa Kohler said her autopsy also determined that Jayland Walker had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he was shot and killed by police
An autopsy found that eight Akron, Ohio, police officers shot Jayland Walker 46 times, including five times in the back, when they opened fire and killed the unarmed Black man during a traffic stop three weeks ago, a medical examiner said on Friday.
The shooting was the latest in a series of killings of Black men by law enforcement in the United States that critics say are unjustified. One of those killings, the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, ignited global protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Kohler said Walker was also struck in the torso, pelvis, legs and face by gunfire when officers opened fire on him after they attempted to pull him over for a minor traffic violation and he fled.
Kohler said that her office did not do a gunshot residue test on Walker, saying the testing is not always reliable.
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