Akron, Ohio (CNN) A 25-year-old Black man suffered at least 60 wounds when police officers fatally shot him last week following a high-speed chase during which the man fired a gun out the driver’s side window, authorities said.
Jayland Walker was unarmed at the time he was killed, though a gun was recovered from his car after the shooting, Akron, Ohio, Police Chief Stephen Mylett said at a news conference Sunday, when police released large portions of body camera videos from 13 officers who were at the scene, prompting more questions about Walker’s death June 27.
The shooting remains under investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI).
According to Mylett, eight police officers fired their weapons following the vehicle pursuit and a short foot chase, believing Walker was turning towards them, reaching towards his waist and “moving into a firing position.”
While a medical examiner’s report found Walker suffered at least 60 wounds, the medical examiner is still working to determine how many times he was shot and which wounds are entrance wounds and which are exit wounds, Mylett said. The BCI has yet to confirm the number of times Walker was shot, Mylett said, and it’s still not known how many rounds police officers fired.
“However, based on the video, I anticipate that number to be high,” he said. “A lot of rounds were fired.”