Man acquitted of killing gets maximum for witness tampering
May 12, 2021
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A man acquitted earlier this year in the 2016 shooting death of an Omaha teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for witness tampering in the case.
A Douglas County judge on Tuesday sentenced Otis Walker, 25, to the maximum sentence for witness tampering, saying Walker’s efforts to keep a witness from testifying amounted to an “effort to sabotage and hijack the justice system,” the Omaha World-Herald reported.
In March, Walker was acquitted of first-degree murder and gun charges in the drive-by shooting death of 16-year-old Markeise Dunn. It was his second trial, after the first ended in a mistrial in 2019 when jurors couldn’t reach a verdict.
Man in second murder trial acquitted of killing Omaha teen
March 17, 2021
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A man undergoing his second trial for murder in the 2016 shooting death of an Omaha teenager has been found not guilty.
A Douglas County jury on Tuesday found Otis Walker, 25, not guilty of first-degree murder and gun charges in the Nov. 26, 2016, drive-by shooting death of 16-year-old Markeise Dunn, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
Prosecutors had argued that it was Walker who pulled the trigger when a car pulled up beside Dunn, who was walking his girlfriend to a bus stop, and opened fire. Prosecutors relied on several pieces of circumstantial evidence, including the testimony of the girlfriend who identified Walker as the shooter. Investigators also found Walker had repeatedly searched online news reports about Dunn’s killing and the girlfriend s Facebook page. He also had entered a search term for “good Omaha defense attorneys, prosecutors said.