Tyre Nichols autopsy reveals he died of blunt force trauma, lawyers say

MEMPHIS – The autopsy of Tyre Nichols, the man who died after he was brutally assaulted by Memphis police officers, reveals he died of blunt force trauma, his family’s lawyers said.

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Nichols, 29, died on Jan. 10, three days after he was pulled over for alleged reckless driving and was repeatedly punched and kicked in the face and hit with pepper spray and a stun gun.

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His manner of death was ruled a homicide, attorneys Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci said in a statement Wednesday evening.

Read the full report from NBC News.

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