Ohio police shot Jayland Walker 46 times.
Ohio police shot Jayland Walker 46 times.
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Ohio: An autopsy has revealed that eight Akron, Ohio, police officers shot and killed an unarmed black man, Jeland Walker, 46 times three weeks ago.

Walker, 25, was shot dead by police on June 27. According to an autopsy by Summit County Medical Examiner Lisa Koehler, Walker had consumed neither alcohol nor drugs at the time.
According to critics, the shooting was the most recent in a string of black men killed by law enforcement in the United States. One of those killings, the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparked anti-police brutality and anti-racism injustice demonstrations around the world.

Since the Akron shooting, protesters have called for police accountability and justice for Walker because when police open fire on walker there are nearly 200,000 people in the city's streets  and bullet can injured or killed anybody.

When officers tried to pull Walker over for a minor traffic violation, but he was evaded by them, Kohler claimed that Walker was also shot in the torso, pelvis, legs and face.

Walker jumped out of the car and ran away from officers after a lengthy search, as seen in a police video that was made by public. According to the police, he was seen turning towards the officers who at the time thought he was armed. Later, he claimed, they discovered a gun in his car. 

according to Kohler, who claimed that such a test is not always accurate. Walker reportedly had more than 60 injuries on his body, but Kohler claimed on Friday that some of those wounds were not caused by bullets. 
According to Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett, eight officers directly involved in the shooting have been placed on paid administrative leave.

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