Jayland Walker shooting: Police chief says he suffered at least 60 wounds in
City officials also played police body camera footage of the shooting for the first time Sunday, nearly a week after the fatal shooting. The video raises more questions about the shooting of the unarmed Black man that is being investigated by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI).
Police said the shooting occurred after Walker, 25, fled as officers tried to initiate a traffic stop for traffic and equipment violations on Monday, June 27.
After a car chase, Walker got out of his car and a foot chase took place, police said. Officers believed Walker was reaching towards his waist and they “felt that Mr. Walker had turned and was motioning and moving into a firing position,” Mylett said.
Walker, however, was not armed, Mylett said Sunday.
During the vehicle pursuit, a gunshot was fired from Walker’s car, police said.
In narrated body camera video, police said that about 40 seconds after Walker drove away from police, “a sound consistent with a gunshot can be heard on the body-worn cameras of the officers.” Police also said “a flash of light” could be seen on the driver’s side of the car at the time of the sound.
“That changes the whole nature of the traffic stop,” Mylett said at the news conference Sunday. “It went from being a routine traffic stop, to now a public safety issue. And then the pursuit continued.”
The video released by police includes footage from the body-worn cameras of 13 officers who were at the scene.
Toward the end of the pursuit, some of the footage shows the silver car Walker was driving stopping before he begins to exit the driver’s side of the vehicle.
At least one officer shouts, “Let me see your hands” and tells him not to move. The video shows Walker getting back into the car, which slowly moves forward. He is then seen getting out of the passenger side door and running from officers.
The police narration of the video says officers “attempted to safely take the suspect into custody by deploying their Tasers,” and shows a still frame of an officer deploying a Taser. The Tasers were unsuccessful and Walker continued to run, the narration says.
At least one officer yells for Walker to show his hands, one video shows. The foot chase continued for several seconds, and at one point Walker “stopped and quickly turned towards the pursuing officers,” the police narration says. “Officers reacted by discharging their firearms, striking the suspect.”
Dozens of gunshots are heard over seven seconds as officers fire at Walker, a number of the videos show.
The shooting ends after at least one officer shouts “cease fire” three times.
Police said the images of Walker as he was shot have been blurred at the request of the family, but in some of the footage, he appears to be on the ground as gunfire continues.
A handgun and loaded magazine were found in Walker’s car after the shooting, police said, along with a gold ring.
Eight officers were “directly involved in the shooting,” Mylett said, and all have been placed on paid administrative leave, according to department policy.
The BCI, which is investigating the fatal shooting, has yet to confirm the number of times Walker was shot, Mylett said, and it’s still not known how many rounds…
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