Accused murderer blames friend for shooting
SEATTLE -- An accused killer took the stand Monday to blame a friend for the shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Skyway.
With casts covering two broken hands suffered while in jail, Curtis Walker took the stand in his murder trial to tell his side of the story.
"I didn't shoot a gun at all that day. At all," he said.
Prosecutors challenged that testimony, saying Walker has changed his story since first talking to police. They argue he was fleeing another shootout at an apartment complex when he mistook 12-year-old Alajawan Brown as a rival gang member and shot him in the back.
In court, Walker insisted he had no idea Brown had been shot, though he admitted to hearing gunfire.
"At that time I heard maybe four or five shots," he said.
Walker told jurors he went to the complex to back up a friend in a fist fight. He said a second passenger, a man called "D-Ro," pulled out a gun.
"D-Ro was shooting. And I seen him shooting. My wife seen him shooting," he said.
D-Ro isn't facing any charges in the case and served as a witness earlier in the trial. Prosecutors say D-Ro wasn't the trigger man, but Walker implied that he was the only one who could have shot the boy.
A convicted felon, Walker was at times close to tears as he described how his wife followed him and nearly got caught in the crossfire.
"I run over here and it's my wife and she's sitting in her car with her hands," he said.
The victim's mother, Ayanna Brown, watched the testimony and said she doesn't believe a word Walker says.
"What I can say is that he's got an answer for everything," she said. "I don't necessarily agree with him, but he's had an answer for everything."
Cross examination should wrap up on Tuesday and closing arguments are set for Wednesday.
With casts covering two broken hands suffered while in jail, Curtis Walker took the stand in his murder trial to tell his side of the story.
"I didn't shoot a gun at all that day. At all," he said.
Prosecutors challenged that testimony, saying Walker has changed his story since first talking to police. They argue he was fleeing another shootout at an apartment complex when he mistook 12-year-old Alajawan Brown as a rival gang member and shot him in the back.
In court, Walker insisted he had no idea Brown had been shot, though he admitted to hearing gunfire.
"At that time I heard maybe four or five shots," he said.
Walker told jurors he went to the complex to back up a friend in a fist fight. He said a second passenger, a man called "D-Ro," pulled out a gun.
"D-Ro was shooting. And I seen him shooting. My wife seen him shooting," he said.
D-Ro isn't facing any charges in the case and served as a witness earlier in the trial. Prosecutors say D-Ro wasn't the trigger man, but Walker implied that he was the only one who could have shot the boy.
A convicted felon, Walker was at times close to tears as he described how his wife followed him and nearly got caught in the crossfire.
"I run over here and it's my wife and she's sitting in her car with her hands," he said.
The victim's mother, Ayanna Brown, watched the testimony and said she doesn't believe a word Walker says.
"What I can say is that he's got an answer for everything," she said. "I don't necessarily agree with him, but he's had an answer for everything."
Cross examination should wrap up on Tuesday and closing arguments are set for Wednesday.
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