Autopsy: Man Killed By Durham Police Was Shot In Back

by | May 1, 2017 | News | 0 comments

CBS North Carolina have obtained an autopsy report showing that a man fatally shot by Durham police on Feb 15th suffered gunshot wounds to his back and right leg.

24 year old Kenneth Lee Bailey Jr. was shot dead when three police attempted to arrest him in North Carolina.

CBS NC reported:

The officers, who were wearing tactical vests with “POLICE” on the front and back, knocked on the home’s front door. A five-day report released in February by the police department stated that four people were in that residence, including Bailey.

The report says Bailey ran from the home from a side door and across the street.

One of the officers told 911 dispatchers they were in a foot chase. Around 20 seconds later, an officer radioed “I’ve got shots fired. I’ve got a man down” and requested EMS.

Officers said they performed CPR on Bailey, but EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.

They also went onto say:

Durham police, as well as two witnesses to the shooting, stated that Bailey was armed during the foot chase.

A witness told investigators they saw “Mr.

Bailey throw a black gun back toward the street.” Another person told police “that the officers had asked the suspect to drop his weapon several times before the officers fired their weapons.”

A third person told police three shots were fired, the five-day report showed.

Police said Bailey pointed a handgun at them before he was shot and killed.

A .45-caliber handgun was located by officers near Bailey’s body. That gun was reported stolen in December 2016, the report says.

Read full details here.

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