Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett said it appears that Jayland Walker reached toward his waist during a foot chase with police and briefly turned toward officers before they opened fire Monday morning.
During a press conference Sunday, Mylett spoke in detail for the first time since the fatal shooting of the 25-year-old after he fled what started as a routine traffic stop.
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Police released two videos during the press conference. The first was narrated and edited to show key moments in what happened, including an image of a flash coming from the door of Walker’s Buick.
Mylett said that’s when the police response changed.
“It went from being a routine traffic stop to now a public safely issue,” Mylett said after the video played.
The second video was the body cam of the real-time perspective of the officer who initiated the traffic stop until the burst of gunfire that killed Walker.
Walker was wearing a black ski mask over his face when he jumped from his car, police said.
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