Contrary to initial police statements, Stephon Clark was not facing the officers who shot and killed him in the backyard of his grandmother’s house on March 18, according to an independent autopsy requested by the family.
The autopsy, performed by pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, found that eight of the 20 shots fired at Clark hit him. Six of those shots hit him in the back and one hit the right side of his body. An eighth shot hit him in his left thigh, likely as he was falling to the ground.
These findings directly contradict statements by police that Clark was advancing toward the officers when they shot him while “fearing for their safety.”
Source: #StephonClark: Sacramento County, Calif., Coroner Releases Autopsy Report
