Aggravated murder trial of TaShawn Walker is delayed

WARREN

The aggravated murder trial of TaShawn Walker, 27, charged with killing Richard Rollison IV, 24, at the Sunoco gas station Oct. 26, 2013, will not take place in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court next week as planned.

Walker’s attorney, Lynn Maro, has a federal trial that conflicts with the start of the Walker trial, so Judge Peter Kontos will have to reset the Walker trial date, a court official said.

Walker is accused of killing Rollison, of Niles, by shooting him seven times exactly one week after Walker’s brother, Taemarr Walker, 24, died in a confrontation with a Warren police officer.

A Warren Township police report says TaShawn Walker and his father went to a tavern in Warren Township earlier Oct. 26 to confront people celebrating Taemarr Walker’s death. Rollison was killed at the gas station shortly afterward.

Regan Jelks, 22, girlfriend of Taemarr Walker, is scheduled to be sentenced Monday morning by Judge Kontos on convictions for improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle connected to Taemarr Walker’s death.