Prosecutor says Jelks knew her boyfriend had a gun

WARREN

Testimony Wednesday in the Regan Jelks involuntary manslaughter trial confirmed the contention of an assistant prosecutor that Jelks knew that her boyfriend had a gun when he got into her car a short time before he was killed.

A videotaped police interview of Jelks contained her admission that she saw a handgun in Taemarr Walker’s pants when he arrived at a Warren tavern to pick her up.

She allowed him to drive her from the II Hype tavern on Mahoning Avenue to Risher Road, where Walker was shot to death in a confrontation with a Warren police officer.

The question jurors will be asked sometime Thursday is whether that decision is sufficient evidence that she improperly handled firearms in a motor vehicle and if that offense was the “proximate cause” of Walker’s death.

Testimony in the case concluded Wednesday just after lunch with Jelks’ attorneys declining to present any witnesses. Closing arguments will take place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, followed by deliberations.