A trauma nurse who said she witnessed the incident told the gathered crowd at the protest that Jason Walker was simply trying to cross the street when he was hit by the deputy’s vehicle and then shot
On Saturday, police in North Carolina claimed an off-duty sheriff’s deputy shot and killed 37-year-old Black man Jason Walker after he allegedly leapt onto the deputy’s moving truck. But, by Sunday, a group of protesters had gathered outside the Fayetteville police station after a witness said the account given by police was false.
Police initially claimed that Walker, who was pronounced dead at the scene, “ran into traffic and jumped on a moving vehicle” driven by an unnamed deputy who then shot Walker and called 911. But Elizabeth Ricks, a trauma nurse who said she witnessed the incident and tried to help Walker, told the gathered crowd at the police station protest that he was simply trying to cross the street when he was hit by the deputy’s vehicle and then shot. “I did not see anyone in distress.
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