Autopsy results for an unarmed, mentally ill African American man shot and killed by Los Angeles police officers on Aug. 11 have been released, according to The Washington Post.
Ezell Ford, 25, was shot in his right side (including his right arm) and his back, where a muzzle imprint was found. The shot to the back was the fatal shot, the report said.
LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck said the report contains nothing "that is inconsistent" with officer's version of events, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Beck recounted the events at a press conference on Monday. According to Beck, the officers got out of their car to speak to Ford, but Ford walked away. The officers followed Ford to a driveway where, officers claimed that Ford grabbed one of the officers and attempted to grab his gun.
The officer's partner shot twice at Ford. The officer on the ground grabbed "a backup weapon,"
reached around and shot Ford close range in the back.
The officer on the ground yelled for help from his partner, who fired two rounds at Ford. The officer on the ground then grabbed what Beck described as a backup weapon, reached around Ford and fired at close range into his back.
The LA Times asked four experts to review the report.
"I don't see anything that says, 'Wait a minute, this just doesn't sound right,'" Ed Obayashi, an Inyo County sheriff's deputy told the LA Times. "There's nothing based on what I've read that shows this is a bad shoot."
After the news conference on Monday, a lawyer for Ford's family filed a $75 million claim against Los Angeles, according to The Washington Post. Steve Lerman, the family's lawyer, called the autopsy "horrifying" and said the family has "gone into seclusion."
"They're distraught, they're hysterical with grief and anger," Lerman said, according to The Washington Post. "It essentially filled in their worst nightmare that this happened like this, more like an execution than a confrontation."
