Shavar A. Walker

On the cold Christmas morning of December 25, 2017, in Leavenworth, Kansas, 33-year-old Shavar A. Walker, a Black/African American male, was fatally shot. The incident that claimed his life unfolded outside an apartment complex in the early hours of the holiday.

Initial investigations pointed to a drug deal gone wrong as the motive behind the shooting. According to prosecutors, Walker was killed during a transaction involving cocaine. This led to the arrest of Ramaun Johnson, aged 32 at t ...