Fire. Fire. CEASE FIRE. >> Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. On June 27th, 2022, just after midnight, a routine traffic stop in Akran, Ohio, escalated into one of the most scrutinized police shootings in recent history. This educational video contains graphic real world body camera footage involving deadly force. >> Yeah. Units up there that are coming up on lover's lane. He's coming up on her left side just now. Take caution. He was grabbing for a gun. He did fire a shot out the side of the door. >> Officers attempted to stop a 25-year-old man, Jaylen Walker, for a broken tail light and missing license plate light. Instead of pulling over, Walker fled. A vehicle pursuit began. >> All right, 24. We got one. We got two units in front of us or 20. We're primary behind it now. We're continuing on south. Speeds are 65 mph. >> Police reported a single gunshot fired from the suspect's vehicle during the chase. >> Going through the red light. Continuing southbound. Approaching northbound 30 mph. I'm still moving. Show me. Show me your hand now. >> Officers reported that Walker made a gesture toward his waistband, a movement they interpreted as preparing to fire a weapon. fire. Fire. CEASE FIRE. CEASE FIRE. >> HEY, CROSSFIRE. >> Reach for nothing. >> Do not move. >> Do not move. >> HEY, LINK up with everybody. >> Link up. >> More than 90 rounds were fired. Walker was struck multiple times. No firearm was found on him at the scene. >> Hey, are we good? >> Is everybody good? >> You good? >> You good? [Music] >> Wait, do you see one? >> Okay, stand by. Let's go. Cross. Cross. Okay. >> Gloves. Gloves. Somebody give me some gloves. [Applause] >> Gloves. Gloves. Gloves. >> Hey, get AP rolling. >> Hey, you need a tourniquet. >> Mag right here. >> Mag shells there. Taser there. There's another taser over there. Another mag over there. >> Another mag there. Got to check. See if there's a weapon somewhere. Oh, and that's his car over there. >> Hey there. >> Hey, did you shoot? >> You good? >> Yeah, I'm good. >> Good. >> Yeah. >> Turn your camera off. >> Let's take a deep breath. Let's start getting bag over there. >> Despite his condition, standard protocol required officers to secure his hands while medical aid was called. >> You need another one. >> Everybody okay? >> Yeah, we're good. Hey, this Buick is the one that was he was driving. >> I don't think he kept driving. The officers then inspected the car Jaylen was driving to determine if there was another accomplice or to find out what had happened to the vehicle. >> I don't see nothing. >> I'm on me. >> I'm on you. >> Watch. Watch crossfire. >> Okay. I'm going to your side. 11. We need the 32 and clear. [Applause] >> Hey, we got Muslim cruisers. >> Muslim cruisers. >> I'm just going to move to the side a little. >> The team continues applying first aid and resuscitation while officers are collecting the bodywn cameras. Police started asking people nearby if they saw anything, looking for anyone who could explain what happened in those moments. >> You guys uh see anything? >> So, did you guys see anything by luck with you guys? You see right there? >> I was wondering you guys saw >> No, we just saw the car come and you guys uh try to cut him off and he took off and then I heard a bunch of bullets. I hid behind that truck real quick. >> Okay. >> Cuz I live right across the street. >> What's up? >> I live right here in that house. Right across the street. Okay. >> 38 vol. >> Okay. So, you didn't see >> I wasn't No, I was in the garage. I seen you guys ripping around. I seen you come through here. >> He happened to see something. Wasn't he chasing them? >> It might have been sitting across the street. Were you awake? Did you see anything? >> Uhuh. >> I was up there. I just started hurrying. Cops start going. I start looking at my window. I just see all the police. >> Okay. >> Appreciate it. Thank you. Um, what is this? 32. >> Those shots. >> You said we're doing what most people do. >> I get it. I live here. >> Where you live at? >> 38 Palmetto. That green house. I was in the garage. >> Okay. >> I just heard you guys doing circles. >> That's fine. That's fine. I need to get your information real quick. All right. >> Yeah. Cool. >> 38 Palmetto, you said. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Tony, you said you were in your garage. >> I was. I saw you guys doing the loop-de-loop for about >> 20 seconds and then I saw one stop here and then >> I wonder what's coming on. Next thing I knew, >> literally up, >> I saw literally >> the one cop come this way. I ran across here and then I saw it dodge or twist and this car take off. >> Fire truck going in there >> and then >> Why hasn't the ambulance left yet with his body? >> You need to go to the hospital. >> Okay. So, you say you saw the vehicle saw saw the officer vehicles spinning around? >> Yeah. Right here >> in there. Okay. And then you saw then you saw this vehicle crash into here. >> Yeah. Just >> I guess avoid one of you guys. I appreciate you, man. >> Not a problem, >> sir. >> You know, I just got here, bro. >> Got nothing to say? >> I just got here, bro. Fair enough. >> You got a light on it, huh? >> Where do you stay? >> Where do I stay? >> Mhm. >> Stay in Can >> Well, where where you at to be here at this moment? >> I was visiting a girlfriend of mine. >> Okay. Where did she stay at? >> Around the corner. >> Did you hear anything? See anything? >> I know, bro. I just saw the police. I'm like, what the going on? >> Okay, cool. >> What happened? >> I don't know all that happened. >> Oh, you just got here, too? >> Yeah, but that's why I'm doing this right now. Okay. >> What's your name, sir? Huh? >> What's your name? >> News organizations across the country began reporting on the shooting. As questions mounted about what happened the night Jaylen Walker died. In an interview with Three News titled, "Why did this happen?" His mother Pamela Walker and his sister Jada Walker expressed their pain and confusion over what happened. Why did this happen and in such a manner such a terrible terrible way? I'm sick as a mother that it came to that. If they would have spent five minutes with him, it would never have ended that way. >> People in Akran protested, demanding answers and justice for Jaylen Walker. WHY WOULD Y'ALL DO THIS? THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW. THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO KNOW. >> We have no justice and then call for peace. It does not make sense. We must have justice in order to have peace. >> Activist Tama Mallerie joined the demonstrations calling for accountability from the police and authorities over his death. real cause of the problem which is whitey running rampant in this nation and the racism towards black young African-Americans old African-Ameans women because one thing we know for sure we can't say only white could be any one of us people know that that's not true but the one thing that is in common is that the victims are almost always black people you tell the story National outlets also reported statements from the Walker family's attorney, Bobby Dichello, who questioned claims about a shot being fired from Jaylen's car and raised concerns about the physical evidence recovered from the vehicle. >> My client fled on foot and was shot at over 90 times and hit over 60 times. He was not a criminal. He was not a thug. He was not someone who deserved any of what happened to him. I know the preliminary autopsy report specifies that the gun is found in the back seat. The picture that you're showing right now is a picture of the gun on the front seat. As he's leaving the passenger side, if the gun is in the back seat and as he is leaving the back the side, he would have had to position all of these items. He would have had to reach into the back seat, position them, and make it look just like we see there. And so it raises many questions. In the end, the eight officers involved in the shooting were not charged after a grand jury concluded they acted within the law. Officers found a handgun, a loaded magazine, and his wedding ring on the driver's seat, meaning he was unarmed when he got out of the car and when police opened fire. But Walker's family strongly questioned the police version, saying the photo of the gun looked staged. In October 2024, Akran approved a $4.85 $85 million settlement with Walker's family and later revised its pursuit policies. 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