Black man shot 20 times in police hospital killing – coroner

Black man shot 20 times in police hospital killing – coroner
Columbus Sgt James Fuqua and Columbus Officer Jonathan Pabis leave Saint Ann’s hospital in Westerville, Ohio where police shot and killed Miles Jackson (Doral Chenoweth III/Columbus Dispatch/AP)

A black man killed in a confrontation with police in an Ohio A&E department last year was shot 20 times in the encounter, with injuries in the head, chest, and abdomen, according to a coroner’s report.

Miles Jackson, 27, died last April 12 in a suburban hospital after a struggle with Columbus police officers that started when they discovered he had a gun concealed in his sweatpants.

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