Stephon Clark was shot 7 times from behind, private autopsy finds

April 1, 2018 by admin
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The autopsy was done at the request of Clark’s family. The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office has conducted an official autopsy but has not released it, saying it is waiting on final toxicology results. The office has confirmed that Clark died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Omalu said any one of the bullets striking Clark from behind could have killed him. “Each one of these bullets independently possessed a fatal capacity,” said Omalu, who is known for identifying and describing the first instance of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in professional athletes.

The first shot by Sacramento police officers hit Clark in the left side and back of the chest, with the bullet’s propulsion probably forcing him to spin around so that his back faced the officers completely, Omalu said. The shot fired from the front struck him in the lower part of his left thigh, indicating that Clark was shot while he was either on the ground or falling close to the ground, according to Omalu.

Video from a police helicopter shows Clark, 22, running from the officers, then crawling away after being shot.

Omalu, who conducted the autopsy on Tuesday, further concluded that Clark’s death was caused by a combination of blood loss, acute respiratory arrest and hypoxia, or a lack of oxygen reaching the brain.

According to police, two Sacramento officers fired 20 shots at Clark on the night of March 18 after responding to a 911 caller reporting a man smashing car windows. Believing Clark to be a suspect, officers chased him to his grandmother’s backyard with the help of an overhead helicopter from the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department. Body camera footage shows the two officers, who have not been identified, shouting at Clark to stop and show his hands before one of them yells “Gun! Gun! Gun!” and both officers open fire. Later, Clark was found to have only been carrying a cellphone.