In a Tuesday morning press conference family attorney Geoffrey Fieger said, "He shot purposely. I'm not suggesting he knew what he was shooting at. What he was aiming at, I can't tell you. (Photo by HB Meeks/Tell Us Detroit)

Fieger says autopsy shows 7 year old girl shot in the head, not the neck, during police raid

By Olga Hill/Tell Us Detroit

SOUTHFIELD, MI (Tell Us Det) - Today, attorney Geoffrey Fieger, retained by the family of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones, released an independent autopsy report in which concludes that Jones died from a gunshot wound to the head and not the neck as previously determined by the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office.

The independent autopsy report states a “bullet perforates the scalp, right frontal bone,” travels through “the right frontal lobe of the brain,” and exits “the anterior surface of the neck.”

Police said the girl was shot in the neck when an officer struggled with, or was jostled by, her grandmother inside the home.

"When officers entered the house, she was already shot," said Fieger, who was joined in Tuesday's press conference by Aiyana's parents and grandmother. "It's also clear there is no time for a scuffle."



According to Fieger, the Wayne County medical examiners report is plagued with errors and since viewing the results from the independent report the Wayne County Examiner’s office has discredited their earlier findings.

A visual artist re-creation in which demonstrates Aiyana sleeping on the couch with her head closest to the front door along with the recent autopsy findings Fieger is confident that Aiyana was shot by Detroit police before entering the home.

“He shot purposely…” stated Fieger “He pulled the trigger and shot into the house.”

The focus of the raid was 34-year-old Chauncey Owens, Aiyana's aunt's fiancee who was wanted in the May 14 shooting death of a 17-year-old outside a nearby convenience store.


The rendering shows the figure of a police officer firing down at the girl's head from just outside the open screened door.

Members of the department's Special Response Team tossed a flash-bang grenade into the downstairs' window of the house. Groups of officers entered the door leading into the downstairs unit and another going upstairs into a separate unit.

Owens was found upstairs. He is being held without bond on a charge of first-degree murder in the slaying of Je'rean Blake.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kim Worthy requested The Michigan State Police conduct an independent investigation shortly after the death of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones. The investigation is still pending.

TellusDetroit placed a call to the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s office and no phone calls were returned.