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he pled a traffic stop. the shooting happened last monday after police in akron, ohio pulled over 25-year-old jaelyn walker who is black for a traffic violation. but walker allegedly sped off and a routine traffic stop became a safety threat while police say there was a muzzle flash from the car early on in the chase. walker who they say was wearing a ski mask abandoned his car and the pursuit became a foot chase with 8 officers yelling at him to stop. this is video of what happened next. but we want to warn viewers it s hard to watch and hard to hear. it shows officers firing dozens of shots in a matter of seconds. [shots firing] the police chief says still photos appear to show walker turning towards officers in a way that led them to believe he was armed. when you see it in realtime it s hard to distinguish what mr. walker is doing. in the still photos, there is a picture that appears to all of us that mr. walker is going down to his waist area. there is a phot ....
Of shots in a matter of seconds. [shots firing] the police chief says still photos appear to show walker turning towards officers in a way that led them to believe he was armed. when you see it in realtime it s hard to distinguish what mr. walker is doing. in the still photos, there is a picture that appears to all of us that mr. walker is going down to his waist area. there is a photograph that appears mr. walker was turning towards the officer and there was a picture that captured a forward motion of his arm. the lawyer for walker s family spoke after the city s ....