#ShortyPop #streetnewztv #InternationStepperz

D.C.'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY

December 30, 1989

Montgomery County police, with the help of D.C. police and the FBI, yesterday arrested Shelton Cortez Walker, a man identified by D.C. Police Chief Isaac Fulwood Jr. on Dec. 13 as the city's "most wanted" fugitive. Walker, 17, who also goes by the last name of Watkins, was arrested about 4 p.m. on Interstate 270 at Route 124, in the Gaithersburg area, said Ann Evans, a Montgomery County police spokeswoman. He was in a car with three other people, including a sister, Yolanda Diane Walker, 18. Montgomery police, acting on a tip received by D.C. police, conducted surveillance at two Gaithersburg addresses and made the arrest shortly after Shelton Walker left one of the addresses, Evans said. Shelton Walker, of the 2900 block of Knox Place SE, is wanted on murder charges in connection with two slayings in the District: the 1987 slaying of Tony Kenion, 29, who was shot in the chest in the 3300 block of 14th Place SE; and the Dec. 6 slaying of Matthew N. Blake, who was killed during a shootout in the 3300 block of Camden Street SE. Walker was charged in October with assault with intent to kill Levin Hill on May 30. The Levin shooting occurred in the 5800 block of Georgia Avenue NW. A bench warrant had been issued charging Walker with failure to appear in another assault case, said Sgt. Joseph Gentile, a D.C. police spokesman. In addition, Walker has been charged with murder and rape in Prince George's County in connection with the December 1988 slaying of Andre Smith at the Crystal Skate rink on Branch Avenue. Walker and his sister were both being held last night in Montgomery County Jail. He is being held pending extradition to the District on the various warrants, and Yolanda Walker, who is charged with harboring a fugitive, is being held on $10,000 bail, Evans said. Gentile said the arrests were the result of a joint investigation by the Repeat Offenders Projects of the D.C. and Montgomery County police departments and the FBI. The Walker case marked the first time that D.C. police officials have identified a "most wanted" fugitive.

свернуть