A preliminary report by the Summit County Coroner’s Office contains several pages of thumbnail photos showing Walker dead and handcuffed at the scene. The photo also contains evidence of life-saving activities, such as what looks like a tourniquet or bandage lying on his body.
CNN was allowed to see the report, but couldn’t make a copy, according to office policy.
The final autopsy report will be submitted to the Ohio Criminal Investigation Department. The Ohio Criminal Investigation Department is investigating criminal activity by police officers. The autopsy report will be part of what the State Attorney General’s office will consider in order to file the case with the grand jury.
Walker was killed early in the morning of June 27, after escaping what police said was an attempt to stop traffic, leading police officers in an 18-minute car chase followed by a short foot chase. He immediately stopped, and police believed he was reaching for his hips, “I felt Mr Walker turned around and moved to the firing position,” officials said.
Eight police officers fired dozens of bullets, resulting in more than 60 gunshot wounds, officials said.
CNN contacted Akron police for comment on policies for handcuffing those who died while police officers were in custody.
The photo taken at the coroner’s office hour after the photo shows Walker in a body bag and the subsequent examination table. The photo shows dozens of gunshot wounds from his ankles to his cheeks on both sides of his body.
The photos in the report also show items such as Walker’s driver’s license and bloody handcuffs.
What the police say happened
The city and police officials spoke at a press conference on Sunday and released 13 police body camera videos of events leading up to Walker’s shooting.
Walker was not armed at the time of his murder, Akron police chief Stephen Millet told reporters. According to police, a gun was found inside Walker’s car after the shooting, and Walker fired a gun from the car during a car chase, police said.
According to a video with narration released by the police, about 40 seconds after the start of tracking, the body camera image “I can hear the sound that matches the gunshot”, and the police officer dispatched that the gunshot was fired from Walker’s vehicle. I told you. Police also showed still images taken from a traffic camera showing a “flash of light” (probably a flash of muzzle) along the driver’s side of the car.
“It changes the nature of the whole,” Millet said, turning “regular traffic outages” into “public security issues.”
A few minutes later, a body camera video shows Walker’s vehicle slowing down and he ran out of the vehicle. Police said several police officers got off the police car and chased him, and police officers deployed taser guns to stop him, but failed.
After a while, when police said Walker stopped and turned to the policeman, they fired and killed him.
Eight police officers are “directly involved” in the shooting, and all are on paid leave until the results of the investigation are available, Millet said.
Protest following the shooting
According to Akron Mayor Dan Holrigan, there was a protest against Walker’s murder on Sunday, which began peacefully but became violent at dawn. “There was serious property damage to downtown Akron,” he said, and police arrested about 50 people after the protesters did not dissolve.
Walker’s family called for any protest to remain peaceful in order to respect his memory.
Walkers relative and local minister Robert Degernet said the 25-year-old was a fun and loving young man full of jokes and loved by everyone.
“We are God-believers and God-fearing people, and we want to demonstrate that in the process,” Dejarnet told CNN.
“Personally, I want to scream and get angry, but what is it going to do?” Said the minister.
“Citizens have the right to hear their voice and I fully support it,” the mayor said in a statement on the city’s website. “To help all those who are peacefully protesting, we plan to lift the curfew of the downtown footprint from tomorrow. As always, public security is our number one priority. We urge the community to report cases and threats of violence and destruction so that small groups of instigators do not cause further damage to our city or small businesses. “
Source: www.cnn.com
