Autopsy Report Says Rayshard Brooks Died Of ‘Gunshot Wounds Of The Back’

On Sunday, Atlanta City Councilmember Joyce Sheperd spoke to the crowd that had gathered at the spot where Rayshard Brooks was shot.

Courtesy of Rose Scott

Updated Monday at 12:52 p.m.

Late Sunday the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office released the results of an autopsy performed on Rayshard Brooks, who was killed Friday night in southwest Atlanta. The cause of death was listed as “gunshot wounds of the back.”

The autopsy concluded that Brooks died from blood loss and damage to internal organs after being shot twice in the back, the Fulton County medical examiner’s office said in a news release.