His family's lawyer said Monday that his family's lawyer had been shot three times from behind, a family lawyer said on Monday.
Attorney Benjamin Crump published the findings of an independent autopsy. Press conference in Birmingham, Alabama, which says Emantic "EJ" Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. was shot in the head, neck and back.
"We think, based on this forensic evidence, that this officer should be charged with a crime," Crump said. "There is no reason to shoot EJ while he's away from him, you do not pose a threat when you run away."
One of the bullets entered the back of Bradford's head and another near the back of his hip. , after the autopsy.
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Thanksgiving Day Shooting in the Alabama Mall
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On this Thursday, November 22, 2018, people walk in front of the Riverchase Galleria Mall after the fire A Thanksgiving Day Night in Hoover, Alaska. Police responded to a fight inside the mall and killed a man who had brandished a weapon, authorities said Friday. Several other people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl. (Carol Robinson / Press-Register / AL.com via AP)
This Thursday, November 29, 2018, a photo published by the sheriffs department of Fulton County shows Erron Martez Dequan Brown in Atlanta. Brown, of Bessemer, was charged with attempted murder on November 22, 2018, during a shootout at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama, according to a statement from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. (Fulton County Sheriff's Department via AP)
In this still image taken from a video, April Pipkins is holding a photo of her deceased son, Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., at a Interview in Birmingham, Alaska on Tuesday Nov. 27, 2018. A police officer shot Bradford at a mall on Thanksgiving night, and Pipkins said that she thought her son would still be alive. he had been white. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
Lawyer Ben Crump discusses the results of a forensic medical examination on Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., shot by police at a mall the day Thanksgiving, at a press conference in Birmingham. Ala., Monday, December 3, 2018. Crump, who represents the Bradford family, says that a report shows that a 21-year-old black man was wounded by three shots at the back from the body. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
This Thursday, November 22, 2018, image made from a video provided by ABC 33/40, the authorities react to the news according to which shots were reportedly shot against the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Birmingham, Alabama. , suburbs. A man was shot dead by police after a fight at the mall before Black Friday. Purchases resulted in shots that injured several people. (ABC 33/40 via AP)
Protesters carry a sign "Justice for EJ" during a protest at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alaska on Saturday, November 24, 2018. A police officer killed and killed 21 years Fitzgerald Bradford, Jr. of Hueytown, aged 26, while he was responding to a shootout at the mall during the Thanksgiving evening. Police said Bradford was fleeing with a weapon. Hoover police had first told reporters that Bradford had shot a teenager at the mall, but then retracted it. (AP Photo / Kim Chandler)
Emantic Bradford Sr. discusses the results of a forensic examination of his son Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., who was shot dead by police in a Thanksgiving shopping mall during A press conference in Birmingham, Ala., Monday, December 3, 2018. A report released by the family shows that this 21-year-old black man was wounded by three shots in the back of the body. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
A crowd gathers at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, on the occasion of a community vigil on gun death. Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., a black man by the police in a mall on Thanksgiving. Bradford's mother said Tuesday that she thought her son would still be alive if it had been white. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
In this photo on Thursday, November 22, 2018, police react to a fight inside the Riverchase Galleria mall after a gunshot was fired on the night of Thanksgiving in Hoover, Alaska. Police shot dead a man who had brandished a weapon, authorities said Friday. Several other people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl.
Emantic Bradford Sr. discusses the results of a forensic examination of his son Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., who was shot by police at a mall on the day of the action. thanks, at a press conference in Birmingham, Alaska on Monday, December 3, 2018. The family's attorney, Ben Crump, looks to the right. A report released by the family shows that the 21-year-old black man was shot in the back of the body. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato will speak at a hearing in Hoover, Alabama, on Thursday, November 29, 2018. The city is asking the state Permission to disclose information about the murder by the deadly police a black man in Alabama's largest mall on Thanksgiving. The city has been targeted by protests since the shooting. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
In this photo from Thursday, November 22, 2018, a police officer speaks to a woman after gunshots broke out on Thanksgiving night at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alaska. The police responded to a fight in the stores. A shopping mall shot dead a man who had brandished a weapon, authorities said Friday. Several other people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl.
In this still image taken from a video, April Pipkins, mother of the late Emantic "EJ" Bradford Jr., expresses it during an interview in Birmingham, Alabama. On Tuesday, November 27, 2018. Bradford was shot by a policeman at a mall on Thanksgiving night, and Pipkins said that she thought her son would still be alive if it had been white. (AP Photo / Jay Reeves)
Elijah King holds a sign during a rally at the Riverchase Galleria Mall in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, November 24, 2018, following the police killing. Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford, 21 years old. , Hueytown Jr. Police responded to a shootout that injured an 18-year-old and 12-year-old. Police initially stated that Bradford had shot the teenager the same night, but that he then claimed that he was not the shooter. (AP Photo / Kim Chandler)
This Thursday, November 22, 2018, image taken from a video provided by ABC 33/40, the authorities react to information according to which shots were allegedly shot on the Riverchase Galleria at Hoover, Birmingham, Alabama. , suburbs. A man was shot dead by police after a fight at the mall before Black Friday. Purchases resulted in shots that injured several people. (ABC 33/40 via AP)
In this photo on Thursday, November 22, 2018, police react to a fight inside the Riverchase Galleria shopping center after gunfire exploded on the Thanksgiving night. Hoover, Alaska. Police kill and kill a man brandishing a weapon, authorities said Friday. Several other people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl. (Carol Robinson / Press-Register / AL.com via AP)
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Bradford, 21, also had a tear to the right eyebrow that might indicate that he was fell face to face.
"You shot him in the back," said Emantic Bradford Sr., a former correctional officer. "Three times, my son was shot dead, he did not threaten you, you could have shot him without even firing a shot.
Bradford was killed by an officer who reacted to a shootout against the Riverchase Galleria, full of people around 10pm ET on Thanksgiving night.
Hoover police say that an argument between several young men resulted in shots.
The suspect, Erron Brown, aged 20, was captured Thursday by the US Marshals Service in Georgia.
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