“I know there’s anger,” said Akron Deputy Mayor Marco Sommerville. “I have sons. It could have been my son. It’s OK to protest, but we also ask them to do it in a peaceful manner.”
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Eight Akron police officers fatally shot Jayland Walker early Monday after he fired a gun during a car chase and reached for his waistband after he fled the car on foot, police said Sunday in the first city news conference since Walker’s death.Police released two body camera videos, which show the chase, Walker fleeing the passenger side of his Buick in a parking lot and officers firing a barrage of shots over several seconds.
A still from an ODOT traffic camera on Ohio 8 shows Jayland Walker firing a gun from his car, Akron police said. Mylett said officers, who are on paid administrative leave, believed Walker was reaching for a gun in his waistband. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Ohio attorney general’s office are investigating the shooting. The Akron police department’s internal affairs department is also investigating.
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