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The medical examiner said it was impossible to know which bullet killed Jayland Walker, or how many shots were fired in total
- Authorities have said he fired a single shot 40 seconds into the chase
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that an autopsy has found that a 25-year-old black man killed by Ohio police last month had 46 gunshot wounds or graze injuries on his body.
The medical examiner said it was impossible to know which bullet killed Jayland Walker, or how many shots were fired in total.
The report comes two days after hundreds mourned his death in the city of Akron, which remains on edge.
Officials have announced a curfew on Friday night amid near-daily protests.
According to the medical examiner, Walker sustained serious injuries to his heart, lungs and arteries in the 27 June shooting in the city of Akron.
He was killed at the end of an attempted traffic stop that began over minor equipment violations and quickly devolved into a roughly six-minute pursuit.
Authorities have said he fired a single shot 40 seconds into the chase.
Police body camera footage shows Walker, in a ski mask, jumping out of the moving vehicle from its passenger side and ducking into a parking lot where police opened fire on him from multiple directions.
The footage is too blurry to accurately determine what authorities called a “threatening gesture” he made before he was shot.
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However, Walker was unarmed at the time and his family, through lawyers, have said there was no need to kill him.
Police found an unloaded handgun, one clip of ammunition and a wedding band in the driver’s seat of his vehicle.
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