FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With the first guilty finding, his mother let out a loud cry. Allen Superior Court Judge David Zent warned her Wednesday afternoon that one more outcry and she’d have to leave his court room. She couldn’t hold back at the second guilty call and her sob only got louder.
The jury and a few people in the courtroom waited as Allen County Sheriff’s deputies led Monique Walker out of the courtroom after her 18-year-old son, Xavier Walker, had been found guilty of felony murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge for dangerous possession of a firearm. Her screams and sobs could be heard outside the courtroom as she was led down the marble steps from the third floor.
The jury, deliberating for about 2 1/2 hours for the guilty findings, did not find Walker guilty of using a firearm in the commission of an offense, a charge that can add 20 years on to a sentence. The state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Walker used a gun, the jury decided.
“Just tell the people he’s innocent,” Monique Walker said as closing arguments were about to proceed earlier Wednesday. “He jumped out of a car when he (Ronnie Miles Jr. ) shot his gun.”
Since the shooting of Jaden Nelson, 19, on May 19, 2020, Walker has spent most of his incarceration in “the big house,” Monique Walker said. Because of a state law change, he…
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — With the first guilty finding, his mother let out a loud cry. Allen Superior Court Judge David Zent warned her Wednesday afternoon that one more outcry and she’d have to leave his court room. She couldn’t hold back at the second guilty call and her sob only got louder.
The jury and a few people in the courtroom waited as Allen County Sheriff’s deputies led Monique Walker out of the courtroom after her 18-year-old son, Xavier Walker, had been found guilty of felony murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury and criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge for dangerous possession of a firearm. Her screams and sobs could be heard outside the courtroom as she was led down the marble steps from the third floor.
The jury, deliberating for about 2 1/2 hours for the guilty findings, did not find Walker guilty of using a firearm in the commission of an offense, a charge that can add 20 years on to a sentence. The state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Walker used a gun, the jury decided.
“Just tell the people he’s innocent,” Monique Walker said as closing arguments were about to proceed earlier Wednesday. “He jumped out of a car when he (Ronnie Miles Jr. ) shot his gun.”
Since the shooting of Jaden Nelson, 19, on May 19, 2020, Walker has spent most of his incarceration in “the big house,” Monique Walker said. Because of a state law change, he…