Autopsy shows Stephon Clark was shot by police 7 times from behind

Autopsy results performed on Stephon Clark show he was shot seven times from behind.
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A private autopsy concluded Friday that Stephon Clark, the 22-year-old black man who was killed by police in Sacramento, was shot seven times from behind. The autopsy, commissioned by Clark's family and performed by Dr. Bennet Omalu, concluded that of the eight bullets that entered Clark's body, not one entered from the front; the eighth shot hit Clark from the side.

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.