(18 Apr 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Akron, Ohio - 17 April 2023
1. Wide, exterior of church with 'Justice for Jayland' sign, referring to Jayland Walker, suspect shot by police in 2022
2. 'Justice for Jayland' sign
3. Members of Walker's family and attorney inside church
4. Various demonstrators outside church, holding placards and chanting
STORYLINE:

An Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired 94 shots in the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who fired at least one round at officers during a car and foot chase last summer, the state's attorney general announced Monday.

Walker was shot 46 times in a hail of gunfire that lasted just under seven seconds and roiled yet another city amid heightened tensions with police over the killing of a Black man that started with a routine traffic stop.

Akron's mayor and police chief urged residents Monday to protest peacefully, acknowledging that many are angry with the shooting last June that Walker’s family has called brutal and senseless.

Members of Walker's family and their attorneys held a news conference in an Akron church, saying the decision shows a lack of accountability.

A small group of people held a demonstration outside the church afterwards, chanting Jayland Walker's name and anti-police slogans.

The family and the NAACP previously have called on the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation.

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