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The family of Jayland Walker, who was shot and killed by police in Akron,
Ohio, on Monday, is demanding answers as details about the brutality of
the shooting sparked protests in the city.
Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased by police after refusing to
stop when officers tried to pull him over for a traffic violation at 12:30
a.m. on Monday, according to the Akron Police Department. Police claimed a
shot was fired from the car, and after the driver slowed down and got out
of the vehicle, officers followed him on foot into a parking lot.
"Actions by the suspect caused the officers to perceive he posed a deadly threat to them," police said. "In response to this threat, officers
discharged their firearms, striking the suspect."
Walker was pronounced dead at the scene. The Summit County Medical
Examiner's Office determined that his cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and ruled it a homicide.
Police fired more than 90 rounds at Walker during the encounter, striking
him more than 60 times, including in his face, Bobby DiCello, the family's attorney, told BuzzFeed News, citing information that the family received
from Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett.
"We know that he was handcuffed after he was shot and killed, and he was
found with his hands cuffed on his back when the medical personnel
arrived," DiCello added.
The attorney said Walker's family is "horrified" by his death.
"I have never seen the kind of grief and the kind of pain that I'm seeing today," he said, adding that Walker's mom, Pamela, is especially
devastated by the details of the shooting. "The notion that 90 bullets
were fired at her boy is something she just cannot understand."
Negroes just don't know when to shut their mouths. Shut up or get shot.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/akron-ohio-police- shooting-jayland-walker
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