Jayland Walker was shot 46 times by police after he fled law enforcement and fired a bullet out of his car window in 2022.

The family had filed a lawsuit against the Ohio city and its police department after Mr. Walker was fatally shot by eight police officers in 2022.

In a joint statement released Monday, the city announced the settlement would be paid in four installments over the next four years.

The family of a Black man killed when eight Ohio officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot a round out his window during a police chase will receive a $4.8 million settlement from the city of Akron.

The city of Akron will pay $4.8 million to settle with the family of Jayland Walker, a Black man fatally shot by police.

Taxpayers, not an insurance agency, will pay for the city of Akron's $4.85 million settlement to Jayland Walker's family for Walker's police-involved shooting death, Akron Mayor Shammas Malik. The city is not insured, so the settlement will come in a series of four payments over four years, he said.

The family of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio in June 2022, has reached a $4.85 million settlement with the city of Akron in a federal lawsuit over Walker’s death.

Akron, Ohio, has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Jayland Walker, a Black man whom police officers shot more than 40 times after a car chase. In a joint statement released Monday, city officials and the family announced a settlement for $4,

A settlement will be paid back over the next four years.

In a landmark decision, the city of Akron will pay $4.8 million to the family of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who was gunned down in a barrage of 94 bullets by police officers during a chaotic chase in June 2022.

On Monday, the City of Akron announced that a settlement had been reached with the family of Jayland Walker. The family will receive $4.85 million.