Autopsy changed on cop's fatal shoot in teen slaying

ATLANTA - A Fulton County medical examiner has revised the autopsy report of a black teenager shot by a white police officer. <br> <br> The autopsy revision, released Wednesday, now says 18-year-old Corey Ward died from a bullet that traveled ``slightly front-to-back&#39;&#39; through his head. The original report said the bullet traveled ``slightly back-to-front.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Ward&#39;s family claims the young man from Decatur died because of racial profiling. <br> <br> Police said plainclothes officers saw Ward smash the window of a car parked in Atlanta&#39;s Buckhead district on July 14. When the car alarm sounded, the man tried to drive away in a Chevrolet Tahoe. <br> <br> Officer Raymond Bunn ordered Ward to stop, but he continued driving and struck the officer. <br> <br> The initial autopsy report said Bunn rolled up on the hood of the sport utility vehicle and fired two shots through the driver&#39;s side of the window. <br> <br> Dr. Michael Heninger, who performed the autopsy, said he adjusted the report after reviewing photographs of the body.

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