October 18, 2004
Contact: Lynn
Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
Man charged with murder of a
witness
A Denver Grand Jury has returned
an indictment against a man accused of murdering a witness last
year.
Tyrone Walker (DOB: 07-15-78)
is charged with first-degree murder (F1) and retaliation against
a witness/victim (F3).
The victim was a witness in an
earlier case against Walker, 26-year-old David Smith. Smith was
sleeping in his car on the morning of April 15, 2003 when he was
shot multiple times. The Grand Jury indictment alleges that
Walker
fired the fatal shots and then left Smith’s body on a bus bench
near 8th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
Walker was charged in 1997 with
attempted aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated
robbery in connection with an attempted bank robbery in Denver.
Walker eventually pleaded guilty
to attempted robbery and was sentenced to prison. He was
released from custody in 2002.
Walker was arrested September
30, 2004 for Smith’s murder and remains in custody. He will
appear in Denver District Court in courtroom 10 on October 21,
2004 at 8:30 a.m. to be
advised of the charges.
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