The Brief

PHOENIX - A medical examiner's report has concluded a man who was shot with less-lethal rounds by Phoenix Police on Jan. 10 died from blunt force trauma to the chest.

The backstory:

Police attempted to arrest Terrell Clay, 33, on a felony parole violation warrant and to question him in an armed robbery investigation. According to officials, Clay, who was armed, ran and climbed onto the roof of a home near 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road.

Body camera footage shows officers using a 37-millimeter launcher, which police describe as a less-lethal tool that fires a "direct baton which is designed to deliver pain compliance."

An officer is heard over body camera footage telling Clay, "Turn around and get down. You're going to be hit again."

Police deployed the launcher seven t

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