Medical Examiner Says:
A black man was shot 46 times in a US police shooting
Jayland Walker, who was killed by Akron police last month, had 46 gunshot wounds or graze injuries on his body, according to a "summary of findings" from the autopsy released by Summit County Medical Examiner Lisa Kohler on Friday.
MojNews_ Walker, a ۲۵-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by police on June ۲۷. Walker’s funeral on Wednesday followed two weeks of protests and unrest in downtown Akron as demonstrators demand justice and accountability for the eight officers involved in his death, USA Today reported.
In a news conference Friday morning, Kohler said there were more than ۴۶ labeled wounds on Walker’s body. There were ۴۶ gunshot entrance wounds or graze injuries, which are on the surface of the skin.
There were an additional ۱۵ exit wounds. A bullet may enter the body and not exit the body, she said.
The autopsy count of wounds is different from the number of shots fired, Kohler said.
“We are not able to say which bullet killed him. He had several devastating injuries that could cause death," Kohler said.
Kohler said five bullets entered Walker’s body from the back, but that does not mean he was running away and that he could have twisted.
Walker was handcuffed when his body was received at the medical examiner’s office.
A toxicology report came back negative for any evidence of drugs or alcohol in Walker, Kohler said.
Twenty six bullets were recovered from Walker’s body, she added.
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