In less than two weeks, a special grand jury will begin to review evidence in the police-involved shooting death of Jayland Walker.
Ultimately, the grand jury, which is expected to be seated April 10, will decide if Akron police officers will be indicted on criminal charges.
The shooting of Walker, 25, led to protests, unrest and some vandalism to downtown businesses in July. Investigators said Walker was unarmed during the shooting, but that he fired a shot from his vehicle less than one minute into the chase. Police said a gun was found in his car. "This is a probable cause, for lack of a better term, hearing. The community members will determine whether there are reasonable grounds if a crime was committed and if this person committed it," Wilms said."It's not a one-and-done. They have multiple charges they could consider depending on how it is presented to them."
Boyd said while many will speculate on what the grand jury will do, he thinks it's important to wait and see what happens and work together to heal wounds in Akron.
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