A man was shot to death after a social media influencer party near downtown Houston early Saturday morning, police said.
entered a guilty plea in exchange for a 30-year prison sentence.Coventry Square ApartmentsWalker and another person were hanging out in the parking lot around 4 a.m. when McNeil, who was 26 at the time, saw them.
McNeil recognized Walker from the neighborhood and approached them. As Walker and the other man walked away from the parking lot toward the complex, McNeil approached them from behind and shot Walker in the back several times. "This was a senseless shooting," Assistant District Attorney Rebecca Marshall said."Our victim had such a beautiful life, and this defendant took it from him."McNeil was initially identified as a person of interest in the shooting but witnesses and surveillance video proved that he was the one who pulled the trigger.
"Gun violence in Houston has reached epidemic levels, and it is because people think it is okay to start shooting when they have a minor disagreement," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said."We were able to get justice for the family of this promising young man, but there was absolutely no reason he had to lose his life to gun violence."Some of Walker's family members gave victim impact statements. They said Walker was a jokester with a good sense of humor.
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