Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old delivery driver who was killed by police while fleeing a traffic stop last month in Akron, Ohio, suffered 46 gunshot wounds throughout his body, a medical examiner’s office determined.
Walker died of blood loss from his injuries, and his manner of death was ruled a homicide, Summit County Medical Examiner Lisa Kohler revealed Friday.
SCRUBS PRODUCER ACCUSED OF LURING WOMEN TO HIS HOME AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THEM
“The autopsy examination determined that Mr. Walker had 46 gunshot wound entrance or graze injuries. A graze injury results when the bullet runs along the surface of the skin but does not enter a specific area of the body,” Kohler wrote in an autopsy report obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The homicide medical ruling does not necessarily have legal implications, Kohler said.
“Our ruling of Homicide is a medical ruling meaning death at the hands of another and is not a legal conclusion,” she wrote.
Kohler said Walker sustained 15 gunshots to the torso, 17 gunshots to his pelvis and upper legs, eight gunshot wounds to his arms and right hand, five to his knees, right lower leg, and right foot, and one bullet to his face.
Walker did not have drugs or alcohol in his system, a toxicology screen showed. His autopsy was completed on June 27 and 28.
Officers tried to pull Walker, a DoorDash driver, over at about 12:30 a.m. on June 27 for an unspecified traffic violation, and a car chase ensued. Police said they heard a gunshot from his vehicle before he exited the still-moving car minutes later and ran. Walker was unarmed when officers began shooting at him, but a gun was later found in his vehicle. He died at the scene.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Police have not released the names of the police officers involved in the deadly shooting following revelations that bounties had been “placed on officers’ heads,” Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said.
All the officers were placed on administrative leave, Mylett added.
