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Kevin Walker Found Guilty in Double Homicide

Amelia Rufer — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:07:16 -0500

Jurors found Kevin Walker, 39, guilty in the 2013 double homicide of siblings Jamie and Jamal Jenkins.

The verdict delivered Friday evening convicted Walker of two counts of first-degree murder while armed and two related weapons charges.

During the five-day trial, witnesses testified that they saw Kevin Walker shoot Jamie, 28, and Jamal, 21, in retaliation for an argument between Jamie and Walker's girlfriend--an argument that the two women had already resolved.

According to witnesses, Jamie pleaded with Walker to spare her brother's life. When Walker refused, she tried to shield Jamal and was shot in the head. As Jamal turned to run, Walker shot him in the back six times.

Walker is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Russell Canan on March 12.

Jury Begins Deliberations in Siblings' Double Homicide

Imari Williams — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:34:19 -0500

Prosecutors believe that Kevin Walker shot and killed siblings Jamie and Jamahl Jenkins over an argument stemming from an altercation with Walker's girlfriend in July 2013.

But Walker's defense argued that Jamie confronted Walker's girlfriend in a rage and that Jamahl threatened to get his gun after Jamie claimed she had been robbed by the girlfriend's son.

Jamie, 28, and Jamahl, 21, Jenkins were found at approximately 4:35 a.m. on the 5300 block of East Capitol Street Northeast shot and unconscious. Jamie was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Jamahl was declared dead on the scene.

Walker is charged with two counts of first degree murder, two counts of possession of a firearm and one count of carrying a pistol without a license.

According to prosecutors, on the night of the murder, a cousin and another person witnessed Jamie and Walker's girlfriend physically fight and Walker shoot both Jamie and Jamahl.

On November 25, Jamie and Jamahl's cousin Annette Gibson testified that Jamie came to her house upset and confronted Walker's girlfriend. She told jurors that Jamahl wasn't really making threats, just trying to protect his sister.

Gibson told jurors that she just "wanted to tell the truth" and that she saw Walker kill her cousins.

Orlando Turner, who also witnessed the shooting, testified that before Jamie was shot, "she was begging for her brother’s life."

"Everything just got kind of quiet and then the shooter just raised his hand and shot her," Turner said. "I seen the first shot. She fell straight to her back."

As Jamie fell, Jamal turned to his right. Turner was running back into his house when he heard three shots, and then a couple more.

Defense attorneys argued that Turner never saw the shooter, and that the police's investigation was "sloppy and ineffective."

During trial, Walker's attorneys argued that Jamahl Jenkins told Walker's girlfriend, "I'm going to go home and get my gun and shoot whoever robbed my sister."

Jury deliberation will continue Friday at 9:30.

Additional reporting by Amelia Rufer

Prosecution: Kevin Walker's "mind was made up"

Amelia Rufer — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:20:23 -0500

On July 20, 2013, Kevin Walker shot siblings Jamie Jenkins and Jamal Jenkins over an argument between his girlfriend and Jamie, "a fight he wasn't even part of," Assitant U.S. Attorney Demian Ahn argued as Walker's trial opened Tuesday.

"The last thing [Jamie] ever did on this earth was to take a bullet for Jamal," Ahn said.

Then "without any warning to his family, no prospects for a job, without even his ID," the prosecutor continued, Walker fled to North Carolina.

"He gave up on the life he had," Ahn told the jury.

The defense tells a different story. According to the Galit Lipa, Walker's attorney, the police investigation was "sloppy and ineffective."

"The police took shortcuts, made assumptions and when they failed to investigate this case, they failed to learn who really shot Jamie and Jamal Jenkins," Lip told the jury. "He did not shoot them and he is not guilty."

On the night of the murder, Jamie Jenkins went to her cousin's house crying that she had been robbed, according to AUSA Ahn. She told her cousin she thought Walker's girlfriend's son had something to do with it.

That cousin lived across the street from Walker and his girlfriend. When Walker's girlfriend arrived home that night, Jenkins confronted her.

The two women fought in front of the cousin's home. Jamal Jenkins and their cousin eventually helped break up the fight.

Jamal threatened to come back if Walker's girlfriend didn't return Jamie's belongings, Ahn said. With that, the siblings turned and left.

Ahn said that the pair returned to the area a short while later because Jamie had lost her phone. When they didn't find it in their cousin's yard, they turned once more to leave.

That's when Walker "stormed" out of his house and yelled at his girlfriend to tell him who threatened her.

"He was mad and he was armed," Ahn said. "He continued moving towards Jamie and Jamal -- his mind was made up."

Walker pointed his gun at Jamal, but Jamie jumped in front to shield him.

"It was [Walker] who pulled the trigger that fired the bullet that bore into Jamie's brain," Ahn said. "The last thing Jamal ever did in life was turn and run. He ran as his sister's body fell to the pavement."

That's when Ahn says Walker shot Jamal in the back.

When Jamal fell, Walker "stood over him and fired the gun again and again and again."

The audio of the gunshots recorded by gunshot detection sensors echoed through the courtroom.

But defense attorneys argued that Walker had good reason to be angry.

When Jamal broke up the fight between Jamie and Walker's girlfriend, he said, "I'm going to go home and get my gun and shoot whoever robbed my sister," Lipa, Walker's attorney, said.

"A few seconds later, they came back just as they had threatened to do," she told the jury.

Kevin Walker Pleads Innocent in Killing Brother and Sister Jamal, Jamie Jenkins

Kristian Hernandez — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:45:52 -0400

Kevin Walker plead innocent to all charges Friday in connection to the shooting death of siblings, Jamie Jenkins, 28, and Jamahl Jenkins, 21 in July 2013.

Walker is charged with two counts of first degree murder, two counts of possession of a firearm and one count of carrying a pistol without a license.

During an arraignment hearing Friday, prosecutor Magdalena Acevedo presented a plea offer that would charge Walker with two counts of second degree murder and drop all other charges. The defense has not agreed to the plea offer. A status hearing is scheduled for May 16, at 10:30.

In October Judge Russell Canan found substantial probability for the case against thirty-eight-year-old Walker who goes by the name of “Filet.”

Police documents and witness testimonies describe an altercation between Jamie Jenkins and another women before Walker and Jamahl Jenkins intervened.

One witness told police that they overheard the woman who had fought Jamie Jenkins say that after the fight she went to her house to get her gun to shoot Jamie. But when the woman was inside her home her boyfriend, who goes by the name “Filet,” told her to go back outside and that “He would take care of it,” court documents state.

Charging documents state that a witness told police it saw a large built man wearing dark clothing walk toward Jamie and Jamahl while carrying a gun. Jamie stood in front of Jamahl.

“You’re not going to shoot my brother,” she told the man, the witness said, according to charging documents.

“I don’t pull my gun out unless I’m going to use it,” the witness said the man replied.

“I’m just trying to protect mine like you trying to protect yours,” Jamahl Jenkins responded, court documents state. The witness then saw the man point his gun and fire in the direction of the siblings.

Police found the brother and sister on July 20, 2013 around 4:35 a.m. laying on the sidewalk of the 5300 block of East Capitol Street Northeast shot and unconscious. Jenkins was declared dead on scene and Jamie Jenkins was transported to a local hospital where she later died.

An indictment has been added to the post below.

Kevin Walker Held for Grand Jury Investigation in Deaths of Siblings Jamie and Jamahl Jenkins

Clara Pak — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:04:25 -0400

Judge Russell Canan found substantial probability Friday in the case against Kevin Walker.

Walker, 38, is suspected of first-degree murder in the July 2013 shooting death of siblings Jamie Jenkins and Jamahl Jenkins.

Canan said he found the combination of strong testimonies from eyewitnesses, Walker's flight from the District of Columbia to North Carolina, the deactivation of his cellphone the day after the incident, his hairstyle change, and the sudden absence from work after good standing at The Marriott Hotel to be enough evidence to hold Walker while a Grand Jury investigates the case.

At the preliminary hearing Friday, MPD Detective Marvin Washington clarified one of the witness' statements in the charging documents, saying that one of the witnesses who knew Walker tells police they were able to identify Walker because Walker turned to face them while pointing a gun at the Jenkins.

Washington said the witness told police that they called out to Walker, whose nickname is "Filet," saying "It's not that serious, Filet," and then saw Walker's face when Walker pointed the gun in the direction of the Jenkins. The witness approached law enforcement in late August to provide more eyewitness details in connection with the case, Washington said.

According to charging documents, an unidentified woman and Jamie Jenkins were fighting on the 5300 block of East Capitol Street shortly before the woman went inside her house and Jamie Jenkins called her brother, Jamahl. Several witnesses said they later saw a man with a stocky build wearing black clothing and a hoody walk toward Jamie Jenkins and Jamahl Jenkins while carrying a gun.

"Don't shoot my brother," Jamie Jenkins said to the man, a witness said.

“I don’t pull my gun out unless I’m going to use it,” the witness said the man replied.

“I’m just trying to protect mine like you trying to protect yours,” Jamahl Jenkins responded, court documents state.

Jamie Jenkins died from a gunshot wound to the head and Jamahl Jenkins succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds to his back immediately on the scene, an autopsy states.

U.S. Marshals found and arrested Walker in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Sept. 26.

Walker is scheduled for a felony status conference with Judge Canan on Jan. 10.

Kevin Walker Held in Shooting Deaths of Jamie and Jamahl Jenkins

Ivan Natividad — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:01:21 -0400

A shooting that left two siblings dead in Northeast DC this summer may have started with a disagreement between two women and ended when men they were close with intervened, according to charging documents made public Friday related to the arrest of a suspect in the case.

Appearing in court Friday, Kevin Walker was ordered held in the case pending a preliminary hearing later this month.

Police say he is believed to have shot and killed Jamie Jenkins and Jamahl Jenkins.

According to charging documents, the case against Walker is built on interviews with witnesses who told police that the siblings were killed after Jamie Jenkins and another woman fought and a man intervened.

The night of the shooting, one witness said, according to charging documents, Jamie Jenkins and a woman were fighting on the 5300 block of East Capitol Street.

Another witness told police that they overheard the woman who had fought Jamie Jenkins say that after the fight she went to her house to get her gun to shoot Jamie Jenkins. But when the woman was inside her home her boyfriend, who goes by the name "Filet," told her to go back outside and that "He would take care of it," court documents state.

A third witness told police that before the shooting they witnessed a man with a large build wearing black clothing and a black hoody walk up to the woman who was fighting Jamie Jenkins. "Who out here is threatening you?" the witness said the man asked.

Charging documents state that the witness then saw the man walk toward Jamie Jenkins and Jamahl Jenkins while carrying a gun. Jamie Jenkins stood in front of Jamahl Jenkins. "You're not going to shoot my brother," she told the man, the witness said, according to charging documents.

"I don't pull my gun out unless I'm going to use it," the witness said the man replied.

"I'm just trying to protect mine like you trying to protect yours," Jamahl Jenkins responded, court documents state.

The witness then saw the man point his gun and fire in the direction of the two siblings.

Police found the brother and sister on July 20 around 4:35 a.m. on the 5300 block of East Capitol Street Northeast shot and unconscious. Jamie Jenkins, 28, was transported to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead. Jamahl Jenkins, 21, was declared dead on scene after medical workers did not find any signs consistent with life.

An autopsy found that Jamahl Jenkins died from at least six gunshot wounds to his back, and that his sister Jamie Jenkins died from a single gunshot wound to the top of the head, documents state.

According to the witness "Filet" and the woman who was fighting Jamie Jenkins had a romantic relationship together. All three witnesses identified Walker in a police photo lineup as the shooter, charging documents state.

Walker, 38, was arrested this month in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was transported to the MPD Homicide Branch Thursday before being presented with the charges in the case Friday.

Charging documents have been added to the post below.

Walker, Kevin Charging Papers (PDF)Walker, Kevin Charging Papers (Text)

Arrest made in East Capitol Street Shooting Deaths of Jamie and Jamahl Jenkins

Ivan Natividad — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:43:32 -0400

A 38-year-old man is being held in connection with the shooting deaths of siblings Jamie Jenkins and Jamahl Jenkins.

Kevin Walker, who was initially arrested Sept. 26 in Winston-Salem, N.C., was transported to the MPD Homicide Branch Thursday. He is expected to be presented with two counts of first-degree murder while armed, police said.

Police found the siblings on July 20 at approximately 4:35 a.m. on the 5300 block of East Capitol Street Northeast shot and unconscious. Jamie Jenkins was transported to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Jamahl Jenkins was declared dead on scene.

A press release from MPD is below.

Arrest Made in Double Homicide: 5300 Block of East Capitol Street, NE

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the double homicide which occurred in 5300 block of East Capitol Street, Northeast.

On Saturday, July 20, 2013 at approximately 4:35 am, police officers from the Sixth District responded to the 5300 block of East Capitol Street, Northeast, to investigate the report of two people shot. The police officers located two shooting victims, an adult male and an adult female in the 5300 block of East Capitol Street, Northeast. Both shooting victims were unconscious and unresponsive.

DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the adult female victim to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel did not find any signs consistent with life in connection with the adult male shooting victim. The adult male decedent remained on the scene and was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy.

The female decedent is identified as 28-year-old Jamie Jenkins of Southeast, Washington, DC.

The male decedent is identified as 21-year-old Jamahl Jenkins of Southeast, Washington, DC.

On Thursday, September 26, 2013, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 38-year-old Kevin Walker in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, pursuant to a District of Columbia Superior Court Arrest Warrant.

On Thursday, October 10, 2013, Kevin Walker was transported to the Homicide Branch by members of the Criminal Investigation Division/ Fugitive Squad. Kevin Walker was charged with two counts of First Degree Murder while Armed in connection to the deaths of Jamie Jenkins and Jamahl Jenkins.