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Stephon Clark was shot 6 times in the back, independent autopsy finds

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Stephon Clark, the unarmed African-American man whose shooting by police has caused protests and national outcry, was shot six times in the back, an independent forensic pathologist said Friday.

Dr. Bennet Omalu conducted an autopsy days after Clark was killed by police. He told reporters that his examination showed that Clark was hit by eight bullets, and all but one entered while his back was turned toward police.

One bullet entered Clark's left thigh from the front and was probably fired while he was on the ground and had already been shot multiple times, Omalu said.

"That he was assailing the officers, meaning he was facing the officers, is inconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence" as documented in the autopsy, he said.

The county coroner's official autopsy results are not expected to be completed for several weeks.

Clark, 22, was fatally shot in his grandmother's backyard on March 18 by Sacramento police, who

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