Jayland Walker’s family calls for DOJ investigation amid claims of collusion in police shooting case

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The mom of Jayland Walker and his household’s attorneys addressed latest remarks from the Fraternal Order of Police relating to the investigation into the officer-involved taking pictures demise of the 25-year-old Akron man.

On what would have been his twenty sixth birthday, the household and their authorized workforce known as for the Division of Justice to supervise the probe into the deadly officer-involved taking pictures, claiming that the police union might have compromised the case over alleged discussions with the Ohio Bureau of Legal Investigation.

“It smells of a coverup,” Walker’s household lawyer mentioned.

The Fraternal Order of Police didn’t instantly publicly reply to the lawyer’s claims on Wednesday.

Walker was shot and killed by Akron police on June 27 following an tried visitors cease and chase.

Based on police, Walker was unarmed on the time he was fatally shot whereas working away on foot.

A firearm that Walker allegedly used to shoot at officers throughout the quick automotive chase was recovered in his automobile after the taking pictures, Akron investigators mentioned.

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