AKRON (AP) — Preliminary autopsy findings show a Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire by Akron police was shot or grazed 46 times at the end of a car and foot chase last month.
UPDATE 7/15/22 10:48 a.m.: This article has been updated with new information
The report detailing the death of 25-year-old Jayland Walker was released Friday by the Medical Examiners Office in Summit County.
Akron police have acknowledged initial findings showed more than 60 wounds on Walker’s body.
The June 27 pursuit began when officers tried to pull him over for equipment violations.
Authorities say Walker fired a gunshot from his car 40 seconds into the chase.
An attorney for Walker’s family says there was no need for officers to kill him.
NAACP calls for civil rights probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP is making a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into Walker’s death.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson called Thursday for Garland to immediately open a federal investigation and said the officers should be held accountable “to the fullest extent of the law.”
The letter comes days before Kristen Clarke, the Justice Department’s top civil rights official, is set to speak about police accountability at the NAACP National Convention in New Jersey.