released body cam footage of the fatal shootage, the disturbing video shows a car chase, a muzzle nash from walker s car. the foot chase from cars stopped and accidence of shots fired by police which killed walker. cnn s paolo sandeval joins me now. you were at the akron news conference when the video was released. break down this disturbing video for us. . reporter: so what this does, ripe, it essentially shows you the moments leading up to and during the shooting. we will play portions in a few moments. it is extremely upsetting. it is extremely disturbing. but law enforcement we leasing that just five days after that monday shooting, hoping that it would be adding for context to what took place here. before we roll that footage, it s important to roll out what police say initially was perceived to be a threat, which is when they tried to pull over walker, police saying that during that vehicle pursuit, they not only heard what sounded to be like gun fire but also from t
assess whether there is deadly force necessary or not at the time they shoot. really, the critical point comes to at the time they started firing their gun, did they believe that their lives were in danger or someone else s lives were in danger that justified that deadly force and for it to continue as long as it did. it seems as though the police chief is trying to get out ahead of that right? he said what he has learned to this point, all the officers involved in this shooting felt mr. walker had turned and was motioning and moving into a firing position. i this i this speaks to what you are talking about, right? what did the police officers perceive to be the threat against them in that situation, right? reporter: exactly. that was i believe the critical point before they started firing. i want to mention a couple things about this investigation i think are important important. one this police chief brought in an independent agency to run this investigation very quickly. so it s
coombs joins me to talk more about this. did this case come down to the simple fact of blrnt the suspect had a gun? well, that s a very significant point in the investigation here, ryan. but there is a lot more to this. right. so the question is, whether excessive force is used or not. for each officer, they have to be able to answer at the time they pulled the trigger on their gun, what did they see? what did they hear? what did they know that led them to believe their life or someone else s life was in danger that justified the deadly force that they used against mr. walker and even at the time that they pulled the trigger, at that point they make that assessment, they can t just unload their gun on mr. walker. they have to kond to make that assessment. is the threat neutralized? did it take shooting from eight different officers? those are all the questions that go into excessive force or not. things that go on in the police officer s mind to help them
they not only heard what sounded to be like gun fire but also from the ohio department of transportation video that was basically showing the highway, you see what appears to be a single muzzle flash from inside the vehicle that walker was driving. now, a few minutes after that, that s when this vehicle pursuit turns into a foot pursuit and that s when according to police chief here, the eight officers that engaged walker say that he reached for his waistband and appeared to essentially pose a threat to these officers. so again, a warping, the video you are about to see is certainly disturbing. but it is what s fueling the demonstration we ve seen here in akron the last few days.
ahh! so having seen that, i can tell you what is fuelling the frustrations and the anger, not just for the demonstrators marching on the streets. let s continue with the roveing peaceful demonstration here in akron. it s the question of why so many officer fired so many times? a preliminary autopsy report according to attorneys representing the families represent mr. walker had as many as 60 wounds on his body. however, ultimately, the coroner has to determine if it s entries and exits or sustained another way. that is what is fueling much of the anger here. now in terms of what else the police chief is saying.