This isn’t the source I saw last night, but the autopsy gives cause of death as excessive bleeding from a beating. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11679237/FedEx-worker-Tyre-Nichols-29-extensive-bleeding-caused-severe-beating-autopsy-reveals.html
“gives cause of death as excessive bleeding”
One can survive a fairly large loss of blood I believe.
Some believe that a blow from a stick weapon was the fatal cause. Head blows can cause fatal brain swelling.