A funeral service is scheduled Wednesday for the 25-year-old Black man killed in a hail of police gunfire last month in Akron, Ohio
Family members of Jayland Walker stand behind the podium during a news conference as attorney Bobby DiCello, whose legal team is representing the family, speaks at St. Ashworth Temple Church of God in Christ, Monday, July 11, 2022, in Akron, Ohio. AKRON, Ohio — — A funeral service is scheduled Wednesday for Jayland Walker, the 25-year-old Black man killed in ain Akron, Ohio, which declared a citywide day of mourning after days of protests over his death.
That blurry footage does not clearly show what authorities say was a threatening gesture before he was shot by eight officers, seven who are white and one who is Black. Walker's fiancée was killed a month earlier when a semi struck the back of a van she was riding in, tossing her from the vehicle, on Interstate 71 outside Cincinnati. She was then struck by another vehicle that fled the scene without stopping.
DiCello said Walker's actions during both pursuits was “odd behavior relative to who he was as a person. He was obviously dealing with something because he never acted like that before and his record proved that.” A community relations team from the U.S. Department of Justice has been monitoring Walker's shooting and has offered to help communications with groups about the city and its police policies.
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