Dr. Cyril Wecht told reporters at a news conference that the autopsy suggests that Myers was running away from the officer when he was shot, which matches earlier statements from witnesses who claimed that Myers was fleeing the scene when the officer opened fire, the Associated Press reports.
According to AP, Wecht, "who has investigated the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and JonBenet Ramsey, [and] conducted the autopsy at the request of Vonderrit Myers Jr.'s family," also concluded that Myers was shot six times in both legs. A separate shot shattered Myers' femur, and the fatal wound was on the side of the teen's face."The evidence shows that the story we've been given by the Police Department does not match up," one of the Myers family's attorneys, Jerryl Christmas, told AP. "There's no evidence that there was a gun battle going on."
Police officials stated that on Oct. 8 an unnamed police officer, who was still in his police uniform as he moonlighted as a private security guard, saw three men standing. He made a U-turn to question the men, and he claims that they then began to run. The officer gave chase and got into a physical altercation with Myers.
Police Chief Sam Dotson stated at a news conference that Myers broke free from the officer, pulled a gun and fired at him. Dotson claims that Myers fired three shots before his gun jammed. Dotson also said that the officer returned fire, shooting some 17 times, AP reports.
