Eight police officers who fired dozens of rounds at Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, following a car and foot chase will not face criminal charges in his death because a grand jury declined to indict them.
AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired dozens of rounds in the shooting death last year of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, the state's attorney general announced Monday, saying the officers were under threat because Walker had fired a gunshot at them during a car and foot chase.sparked protests in Akron after police released body camera footage showing him dying in a hail of gunfire.
Walker took at least one shot from his vehicle at police and then after jumping out of his car he ignored commands to stop and show his hands, Yost said. “There is no doubt he did in fact shoot at police officers,” Yost said. Walker had been grieving his fiancée’s recent death but his family had no indication of concern beyond that, a family representative previously said.
After taking over the investigation last summer at the request of Akron police, prosecutors with the Ohio attorney general’s office presented the case to the grand jury.
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