killing and leaving jayland walker with 60 wounds to the body, according to authorities. my youngest is 25 years of age, as well. and i cannot imagine what life would be like without my son. reporter: the approximately 7 minutes of raw video released alongside a second narrated clip gives insight into what preceded the shooting. they tried to pull walker over for a traffic violation and equipment violation, not shown on tape. they say he took off, driving at high speeds, and walker fired at them. you can see the flash from the gun from this security camera. 21 shots fired. had a shot come out the door. a shot is fired. that changes the nature of the contact. reporter: authorities say walker later ran from his car wearing a ski mask. officers, investigators say, fired tasers but missed. what followed, the deadly barrage of bullets. police saying officers said they thought walker was turning
goes i am wondering if this could have been avoided at all. could you talk, at all, about the protocol of the chase and the point of the gunshot being fired. does that cancel any opportunity to call this chase off because of the gunshot? thank you for the question. that is a great question. so, the initial attempt to stop mr. walker as you heard on the audio was for an equipment violation and a traffic violation. i am not exactly sure what the equipment violation was or what the traffic violation was. we will find that out, or bci, will discover that during their investigation. what was going to be a routine traffic stop, which would probably result in either of warning or citation being issued turned into a pursuit.
be questions that you asked that i will defer to our city s chief prosecutor, mr. craig morgan, or deputy chief, police chief brian warning. at this time, we are going to play the video with we will describe to you. we hope this video will provide further context and it details to the incident. lieutenant miller. and monday june 27th, 2022, at 12:30 in the morning, akron police officers attempted to stop a silver buick. officers were dispatched out that the reason for the stop was for a traffic violation, as well as an equipment violation. the driver refused to do stop,
laws we have on the books right now. reporter: some police unions believe that is dangerous and are strongly opposed. unarmed citizens doing traffic stops, horrible idea. and i would advise them do not do that. when you stop someone for an equipment violation, you don t know if they just robbed a bank, if they re wanted for murder. reporter: three minnesota law enforcement groups wrote a letter to the mayor arguing it was, quote, misguided and the changes will make the city less safe. we are determined to make it happen. our community spoke very loud and clear, and they said enough is enough. reporter: but they re already running into issues. the city budget passed in december is hundreds of thousands of dollars short of what they need. the officer who touched off the current debate on policing in brooklyn center when she shot
was implemented prior to april 11th our son would be with us today. brooklyn center mayor mike elliott and council wom mar keet awe butler push for the massive overhall. one main part, police wouldn t answer mental health calls. when it s around mental health it would be raut routed to a mental health health professional responding to tse calls. and low level traffic enforcement would be handled by a new and unarmed department. outside the police department. i don t believe that you need somebody with a gun to pull somebody over in a traffic stop. we re not enforcing the laws we have on the books right now. some police unions believe that s dangerous and are strongly opposed. unarmed citizens doing traffic stops, horrible idea. and i would advice them, do not do that. when you stop someone for you know an equipment violation, you don t know if they just robbed a