Police union officials said the officers thought there was an immediate threat of serious harm and that their actions were in line with their training and protocols.Īuthorities say Walker made a threatening gesture before he was shot, but the body camera footage from June 27 did not clearly show that. Walker's family called it a brutal and senseless shooting of a man who was unarmed at the time and whose fiancee recently died. A handgun, loaded magazine and wedding ring were found on the driver’s seat of the car. A county medical examiner said Walker was shot at least 40 times. Police body camera video showed Walker eventually bailed from his slowly moving car while wearing a ski mask and ran into a parking lot, where pursuing officers opened fire. Police said it began when they tried to pull him over for minor equipment violations and he failed to stop, then fired a shot from his car 40 seconds into the pursuit.
A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in the shooting of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man whose death sparked protests in Akron last summer.Įight officers fired dozens of rounds at Walker following a car and foot chase.
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