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Police killed Jayland Walker, a black man in Ohio, by shooting him dozens of times as he ran from officers after a traffic stop, an attorney for his family said, citing a review of police body camera footage. which will be made public on Sunday.

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In comments published Saturday by the Akron Beacon Journal, attorney Bobby DiCello described the video as “brutal” and said Walker’s relatives were concerned that this weekend’s protests could turn violent.

The shooting was the latest in a string of killings of black men by law enforcement in the United States that critics say are unjustified, including the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis that ignited global protests against police brutality. and racial injustice.

“We’re all preparing for the community response, and the only message we have is that the family doesn’t need more violence,” DiCello said.

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Akron police said 25-year-old Walker fired a gun at officers who were pursuing him. They plan to release the body camera footage of him after a news conference on Sunday, hours before a protest march is scheduled.

“Protest is a form of crying,” Rodderick Pounds Sr., pastor of Second Baptist Church in Akron, said during a prayer meeting Saturday after he was allowed to view the video before it was made public.

Pounds declined to describe in detail “the graphic video the world is about to see,” but called the video “shocking,” saying it showed Walker posed no threat when he was knocked down in a way the pastor likened with a “massacre”. ”

“It’s barbaric,” Pounds said in an interview with local television station WEWS-TV. “You’ll see tomorrow.”


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Authorities said the deadly confrontation began when officers tried to stop Walker for a traffic violation while he was driving early Monday morning. Walker fled, according to the Akron Police Department, which said officers reported a gun was fired from Walker’s vehicle.

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After several minutes, Walker got out of his vehicle and ran, as officers chased him on foot and shot at him, saying he posed a “deadly threat,” the police department said in a statement Tuesday.

Walker was pronounced dead in the parking lot where he fell. Police representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Saturday.

DiCello said his team has seen no evidence that Walker fired a gun and that police body camera footage showed him running with his back to officers when he was shot.


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“He’s on a run down when they drop him, I think the count is over 90 shots,” DiCello told the Beacon Journal. “Now how many of those land, based on our research right now, we’re getting details that suggest 60 to 80 injuries.”

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It was unclear how many bullets struck Walker because bullets can cause wounds both as they enter and exit the body, DiCello said.

Television station WJW-TV said a preliminary report from the medical examiner’s office found that Walker had multiple gunshot wounds to the head, torso and legs, and that the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation recovered a gun from a car, although he did not specify which one. car.

Pounds told WEWS that Walker “didn’t have a gun when he was shot. He was in his car.

Compounding the tragedy, according to the Beacon Journal, Walker’s fiancé had been killed in a car accident last month, although WJW quoted his family’s attorneys as saying that Walker had no intention of harming himself or others when he killed him. they killed

The officers involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave during an investigation, according to the department’s statement.

(Reporting by Jason Lange and Jonathan Landay in Washington; Additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Daniel Wallis)


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