Eric James Anthony Walker, 34, a male and Black/African American, was found mortally wounded just after 3:45 a.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025, near Mahogany Street and North Avenue in North Sacramento. According to police and coroner timelines, the shooting itself occurred around 3:12 a.m.; officers arrived within a half hour and began life-saving measures, but by 4:03 a.m. fire personnel pronounced Eric James Anthony Walker, 34, dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.
The Sacramento County Coroner later publicly identified Eric James Anthony Walker, 34, of Sacramento, confirming the cause of death and the early-morning sequence of events. Neighbors awoke to flashing lights and a block sealed with crime tape while detectives canvassed the intersection at first light, gathering video and witness accounts to piece together those missing minutes between the shot and the arrival of first responders.
In the days that followed, grief spread quickly among those who knew Eric James Anthony Walker, 34, male, as friends and relatives posted tributes and organized support for his children. Online memorials marked the date and place—June 29, 2025, Sacramento—as loved ones remembered a “beloved” son and father and described the shock of an abrupt, senseless loss. The entries read like fragments of a larger story: candles lit, photos shared, and a community trying to make sense of a life cut short on a quiet North Area block just before dawn.
Detectives worked the case through the holiday week, and by Thursday, July 10, they announced an arrest. Officers took into custody 24-year-old Randy Wayne Liming of Stockton in connection with the killing of Eric James Anthony Walker, 34, male. Records show he was booked that evening into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a homicide charge, the arrest stemming from the investigation into the North Sacramento shooting at Mahogany Street and North Avenue. Authorities did not immediately release detailed motive information, and the case continued through the courts as the community awaited further updates from the Sacramento Police Department.
Police had first alerted the public the morning after the shooting, stating that officers found an adult male with at least one gunshot wound and that homicide detectives had taken over. That notice, paired with subsequent local reporting identifying the victim as Eric James Anthony Walker, 34, male, set the framework for the investigation that led to the July 10 arrest. Even as the legal process moved forward, officials continued to encourage anyone with information to come forward, underscoring how the quiet street corner where it happened had turned into the starting point for a case whose details were built from witness accounts, forensic work, and the steady cadence of official updates.
