Teen who fatally shot Booker T. Washington student found guilty
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Eric Dewayne Green, 19, was unanimously convicted by the eight-woman, four-man jury after an hour of deliberation.
On March 28, Shreveport teen, Eric Green was found guilty of the second-degree murder of a Booker T. Washington High School student, Deanthony Walker, 17.
Green is the first of three defendants, all teens, charged with the Jan. 27, 2022 slaying of Deanthony Walker, 17, in the 1300 block of Harvard Avenue and Harp Street, as he walked home from school.
When officers arrived, they found Walker dead in the street from multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators located 26 9mm shell casings at the scene, along with three .357 caliber casings. A home’s doorbell video footage showed a black Kia Soul, which was stolen that morning, drive by the victim as he walked down Harvard Avenue. The Soul stopped in the road, and one of the occupants called Walker to the vehicle.
Green exited the vehicle and fired 17 9 mm rounds at Walker from a Glock 19 pistol. Another co-defendant left the vehicle and walked over to Walker and allegedly shot him at point-blank range while he was on the ground.
Two days later, the Kia was involved in a police chase with police. Everyone fled the car but were apprehended not long after. The fourth occupant told police that Green and he other two teens were in the Kia on the day Mr. Walker was shot and that he witnessed the shooting. Officers also seized a cell phone from Green.
The phone’s location data indicated that Green was parked across from Booker T. Washington High School before Walk left school. School surveillance video caught the Kia driving in front of the school in the parking lot across the street and leave when Walker left. Location data from the phone also showed that he was less than a block away from where the homicide took place.
The gun Green used was found at the co-defendant’s home and was determined to have fired 17 of the 26 9 mm shell casings that were recovered from the scene. Green’s DNA was also found on multiple items in the Soul.
Green will return to court on April 14, 2025, for sentencing. He faces a mandatory life term. However, since Green was a juvenile at the time of the killing, he will be eligible for parole eventually.
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