Walker murder case may focus on videos

WARREN

If TaShawn “Boo” Walker’s murder case goes to trial, video may play a prominent role.

Walker, 27, is accused of killing Richard Rollison IV, 24, by shooting him seven times in the parking lot of the Sunoco gas station Oct. 26, 2014.

Walker’s defense team said in a court document that a surveillance video from the gas station shows a “shoot-out between several people” that resulted in Rollison’s death.

TaShawn Walker is a Warren native but was a resident of Baytown, Texas, at the time of the killing. He had come to town to attend the funeral of his brother, Taemarr Walker, 24, who had been killed in a confrontation with a Warren police officer one week earlier.

The court document says Rollison was among the people who had a gun in the Sunoco shootout, and that another man with a gun who has not been charged left the scene in Rollison’s car. Police have not discussed whether Rollison had a gun or what happened to his car.

Another video — the dash cam video from a Warren Police Department cruiser — also may be decisive, but Walker’s defense team has argued that some of the things Rollison said on the video are not admissible at Walker’s trial, scheduled for Dec. 8.

Read more of the case in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.