When deputies walked into this apartment, they had only one account of why a woman had been shot. It came from the only eyewitness to the shooting. A man who was already gone. In the early hours of Thanksgiving Eve 2023, deputies respond to a Florida apartment on reports of a shooting. They arrived to find a visibly shaken daughter and an unresponsive woman lying on the floor. In the end, the investigation would hinge on one question. Was this a tragic accident or a deliberate act of violence? Welcome back to the Crime Atlas. I'm your host, James. Most marital disputes end with words. This one ended with a bullet. I've read hundreds of domestic dispute cases. This one kept me up until 3:00 a.m. Not just because of what happened inside that Florida apartment on November 22nd, 2023, but because when it was over, a father called his own children to the scene to find the aftermath. Quick housekeeping before we start. If you're new here, this is what we do. 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She misses the first call, then another, and another. Every call is from her father. >> [music] >> When she finally answers, the first words out of his mouth are, "I effed up." He tells her to come to the apartment repeating only one thing, "She grabbed the gun." >> [music] >> Lyric immediately asks if her mother, Sheena Levine, is okay. He won't answer. Instead, the [music] line goes quiet. So, Lyric hangs up and calls her mother's phone. But her father answers that, too. Panicked, she wakes her 18-year-old brother, DJ, and together they [music] rush to the apartment where their parents live. Moments later, they discover exactly why their father wouldn't answer the one question that mattered most. It's DJ who dials 911 from inside his parents' apartment. >> Inside the apartment, deputies find Sheena Marie Levine lying in the hallway with an apparent gunshot wound. A spent shell casing, a live round, and a projectile pulled from the nightcap Sheena was wearing are recovered from the scene. A significant amount of blood is observed, while investigators later document items they believe suggest this wasn't a quick ambush. It was a fight. >> She's crazy. >> 270 Sending EMS. Adult female unresponsive. Start CPR. >> The only other eyewitness to the shooting is nowhere to be found. But investigators won't have to wait long to hear the first account of what unfolded inside that apartment. >> You said that was your mom? >> That is my mom. >> She she she didn't make it. So did So So None of y'all stay here. >> No, I got I stay at You'll see us leaving on my camera. >> You good. So what So what So happened? What made you come over here? >> Okay, my dad is a drunk and he's always beat my mom. So sometimes he didn't when I was little he put the gun on her before. We were like 11. And so I'm like, "Okay." And see he's always abusing her. So automatically he I missed a call from him at like 5:18. I missed his call. >> He He said he did call you? >> Yes, he did call me. So this was the 5:00 04:57 minutes. >> Is that the What's his phone number again? >> Um >> Uh-huh. >> 24 >> 24. What's his name? >> Daryl Jerome Walker. >> Walker. So he Oh, no, go ahead, bro. Go ahead. So he said you he sent you a text? >> No, he had called me. >> He had called you, okay. >> it's 5:00 in the morning. And I'm like, "Okay." Then at 5:18 he's calling back the baby. Then at 5:18 I had missed his call. At 5:18 only thing he's telling me, "Get here, baby. Your mama grabbed the gun." "Get here, baby." I said, "What do you mean she grabbed the gun?" I automatically hung up and started putting on my clothes cuz I with him being drunk I'm like, "Okay, is this for real or is it like I don't know?" Because times before he'll swear somebody or somebody trying to kill me. So when he's drinking heavy I didn't have to pull him from addicts court, sit in the car to take him home. When we was at addicts So he's "Get here now, baby." I legit when we when I called him again I am doing like I am speeding here. I didn't pass red lights and all. He's talking about, "Where you at?" I said, "I'm by dog track now." I'm speeding here. The moment we get here my mom is laying on >> Was the door open? >> No, he he the door was locked. I'm beating on the door and I kept ringing the doorbell. That's when he gets to the door. he's like, "She's bleeding out. She's bleeding out, babe." My mom is laying on her side and then my dad running to like over her to go over her. Running and like he's covering her. Then I know she's been laying there for some minutes because his this arm is all over him. And it it looks dry. It's no longer wet. So he waited before he on me. Then he go run to her body He wasn't able to get to her to know. Run to her body. It was over her body. body. >> And then what did he do after that? >> Afterwards, he picked up the gun that was in front of his stomach. He going to pick up the gun and say, "I got to leave, babe. I got to leave." I said, "Why didn't YOU CALL THE POLICE?" HE'S TALKING about I got to leave, BABE. I'M GOING TO GO TO JAIL. Exited the door and I guess cuz my mom and my car was parked right there, he obviously took her car. I immediately locked the door. I can't the story, Zippy, I can't cuz I'm not mentally there to do it. >> [laughter] >> And then that's when my brother he tried like to flip my body and my mom my body over. Almost This is dumb. I just talked to my mom and wait, that was the last time I heard from my mom. >> They They They've been having problems and >> They They're always having issues. It's like always back to back. The police came here like a few months ago when my dad wanted to get her her car. It's a huge history of domestic violence. >> Okay. Do you need EMS, anything like that? >> I don't know. I don't think don't know. She do. >> Yes, ma'am. They in there, okay? All right. >> Oh my god. >> You was with her, you with your sister? >> Same thing. >> Okay. The same thing. Okay. Okay. >> Oh my And he was so calm about all of this. How can you be calm, bro? How can you be so calm, bro? >> Lyric's statement gives investigators their first real timeline. Daryl Walker's story, according to Lyric, was that Sheena grabbed the gun, the two struggled over it, and it accidentally discharged. An accident, that's the [music] claim. So, now detectives have a story to test. They compare that story against witness [music] statements. They go through the physical evidence from the apartment piece by piece to see if Walker's version holds up. But, here's the thing. While all of this is happening, Walker has disappeared. Law enforcement now have two jobs, test his story and find him. >> [music] >> It takes several days, but according to published reports, officers finally track Walker down and arrest him in [music] Panama City. He's booked on charges of second-degree murder with a firearm along with a separate firearm-related offense. During a recorded interview, Walker agrees to speak with detectives, giving them his [music] side of the story. By the time the case reaches trial, Walker's interrogation video [music] has become one of the most contested pieces of evidence. We don't see this every day. Usually, police interviews [music] strengthen the prosecution's case. Here, both sides are saying that Walker's own words support their version of what happened. During the trial, defense attorney Shawn Brown made his case. >> We also talked about the right to remain silent. Right that we all share, a right that Mr. Walker chose to exercise at this trial when he didn't take the stand during these proceedings. But you are going to hear from Mr. Walker. You heard from Mr. Walker. You heard from him when he gave a voluntary statement to law enforcement back in November of 2020. When he signed that paperwork and said, "I want to talk to you." In that statement, he insisted that the events that had unfolded that evening amounted to a tragic accident. >> Hey Mr. Walker. >> Good morning. How are you? >> Hey buddy. So, I'm going to pass you to Wallace who's going to get a chair so we're just going to be speaking with you today. We just have a couple of questions for you. Obviously, you have rights so I have to read you something. You have the right to remain silent. Do you understand the rights that I've read to you? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. Does that feel better? >> Yes, ma'am. >> So, this is everything that I read you. Obviously, you have your rights so as long as you wish to speak with me, I just need your signature right here. All right, I appreciate it. All right. So, to start off with, what was your relationship with Shiwona? >> Baby mama, wife. >> Baby mama, okay. How would you say your relationship was in the time? How long were you guys married or together? >> Married 8 years, together well, I'm going to say like 17, 18. >> Ooh. >> She'll get mad and be like, "You know it's more than that." You know what I mean? But >> I know. As a female, we can be naggy. >> Did catch that? The detective just said, "We can be naggy." talking about women in general to a man accused of shooting his wife. That's not opinion. That's bait. Detectives do this in almost every interview like it. They slip into the suspect's worldview, not along, creating a permission structure. Because a man who feels judged doesn't want to talk. But, a man who feels understood won't shut up. And every word Walker says from here is on the record. Watch how well it works. >> Yes, I completely understand. >> to say 17, 18 years. >> That's a long time. >> She going to say 20, 21 or something like that. She going to shoot it on up there. But >> That's just that female mentality. All right, so we're going to start up, you know, kind of in the beginning. I know you know why you're here. >> Yeah, I know. >> So we're going to start at the beginning, just kind of play-by-play. Before you got home, were you out later that night, I'd say about 3:00, 4:00 in the morning? Did you go anywhere, out to the bars? >> No, I just riding. >> Just riding around? >> Mhm. >> Okay. >> Just trying to really just get a lot of bull on my mind. I'mma be honest with you. >> Yeah. >> This night, man >> It's been a rough night? >> Not at all. >> Okay. >> I've been using I've been smoke. Not not not sticking to my vows. >> Okay. >> And, you know I've been I was sick and feeling sick, you know what I'm saying? And then come to find out it was ass vape, the [ __ ] vape. >> Okay. Was there something that >> I caught a cold. And it's like, damn, I can't get rid of this cold. You know what I'm saying? But, it's the vape like the whole time. Like the [ __ ] vape making it worse. I'm like, damn, man, something ain't right, man. Something ain't right. >> Mhm. >> And I'm scared to tell her, you know what I mean? I'm scared to tell her. I'm like, damn, man, I hope I ain't got nothing, man. I'm like, damn, but this night, >> It's a lot cuz we as females can overreact, you know, when you tell them certain things. So, I get it. >> And I know I know I know what she wanted and I did the I I got I couldn't tell her no. I was dressed up, smelling good. >> Uh she wanted it. >> Right. >> She wanted it. >> And I'm like, man, like what kind is this right here? Now, I got to come out with it like cuz I can't do that. I'm like, damn. Damn, listen, man. I can't I can't do it. >> I respect that. >> What you mean? Man, listen, man. Man, I don't I [ __ ] up. I think I [ __ ] up. But, [ __ ] Hey, man, I want to I want to um Let's go get some uh tests or something first before we just jump the gun on anything. But, I'm coming out with it cuz I don't want I really want a new start, you know what I'm saying? >> Yeah. >> I want a new start. That's why I want to come out with this. And you know. She start crying. >> Yeah. >> Snapping, going off. I'm just standing out there like, damn, man. I really knew it. I already knew it. I already knew it. I'm like, man. >> So, Mr. Walker comes clean about his infidelity. And if you notice, he uses the same language. And I'm not I'm just pointing it out, guys. When he talks about his infidelity, he says, "I knew it." I knew It's a phrase he continues to repeat. It's a phrase that he says on the heels of conversation that he had that resulted in a tragic accident, right? So, what does he do? He He comes clean, right? He thinks, "I may have something I have to tell her. I want to get a test. I I I just I want to start over." Then, he expresses his desire not to pass this on to his wife and he somehow hopes that by being honest, he's going to gain her forgiveness. And unfortunately, we know now that that wasn't the case. >> [snorts] >> I okay, I can't say nothing. >> Yeah. >> So, what you mean she could take off and go home? She could come back out. I'm like, man, it ain't man, it ain't that serious, Michael. It ain't that serious. >> So, when you say that's serious, she went in the room and came back out. What made it to where you said that it was serious? Like, what did you have something or what? >> cuz she went and grabbed the phone. >> Okay. >> I'm saying it ain't that serious. So, okay, she's talking. >> What is she saying? >> You You should have known. You should have known. Why would you do something like that? Just like kind of like facing back and forth and just like rocking around like, man, like it ain't that serious. Like, I told you. Like, let's just let's just get the test before we even just like take off on something like that. I understand about the offense and like that, but let's just get the test first. >> Mhm. >> She's going hard. You know, just back and forth back and forth. So, I'm like, man, I'm like, man, why you right there and all that rage like that, man? I'mma just I'mma just leave or something, man, and and just come back, man. I'mma try it again or something like that. She like, no, you ain't leaving, you ain't going nowhere. And I was like, man, I was like, all right, but hey, man, man, go put the other song do something, man. Like, just please like cuz I can't talk to you like that right there, man, and this this ain't really this ain't you. You know what I'm saying? That ain't you, man. So, come on, man. I understand I love but that this right here that ain't that ain't you. So, okay, that [ __ ] died down or whatever. She sitting there just, you know, crying or whatever. So, I walked up to her, you know, thinking everything and we just just dying down. But it was really was dying down, you know what I mean? Cuz we standing there, she crying on me or whatever. >> Was the firearm put away at that point, or did she still have it? >> have it. She still had it. >> Was it concealed? Did she have it in her hand? >> hand. >> In her hand, okay. >> So, you know, I'm like, man, I know I messed up, man. But just just just give me the chance to like just just just let's just make it right and put everything in the past, man. You know, I don't know if I love man, but let's just put everything in the past, man, and start a new and then a new place we at, man. Like, man, we went from a red zone, low income, got them kids out the projects, you know what I mean? >> Yeah, you want new beginnings. >> Yeah, man. So, I'm like, man, let's just let's just let's just do the do it the right way. >> Okay. >> Okay. I'm holding on. So, I'm holding on whatever. And and she just go to go to like pat. Go to like pat. So, I'm like, man, I'm like, man, I really can't talk to you like this. I really can't. Cuz like this is crazy. >> Is it because the firearm was in her hand? You were nervous? >> And I was like, man, just just just just just just put that up, man. So, I'm like, man, listen. >> I know it's hard. But it's important for us to get your side, you know, so for us to be able to you know, get the full story. We got to hear exactly everything from you. I know it's hard, obviously, to recollect all the those moments, you know, for someone that you've been with for so long. But to make things right, let's get, you know, everything out there, okay? Cuz that's what's going to be important is getting your side. You know, obviously, that day we weren't able to talk to you, but now is your moment to kind of, you know, [clears throat] give us everything and and kind of let it all out. I know it's going to be a breath of fresh air for you, not have to hold it on your shoulders anymore. Do it for her. I know that was your baby. I know she meant everything to you for 18 years. Let's do it for her, right? >> She on my shoulder. She gave me the gun. You know, like the [ __ ] bottle it. >> Okay. >> Okay, she on my shoulder. We talking or whatever. I was like, man, this just and we going to do it the right way. All this bull that we been going through, man, that is in the past, man. >> Yeah. >> When we get the test everything good, man, that'll be the the fresh start. I mean, if anything come back, I mean, you got all right. You got all right. Now, I can't do nothing but as a man, I'mma I'mma go and get out the way. I'm going to get out the way, man. >> Mhm. I respect it. >> It's okay. I'm holding the phone. Okay, boom. Okay. Why did you So, she go to hitting on me, pushing on me, but I'm Okay, I'm trying to grab her, but as I'm trying to grab her, then I keep her from from swinging, and then the lady just going crazy again. The firearm goes off, man. It goes off. >> Okay. Now, was that so cuz prior, you said that you took the magazine out. Okay. Okay. So, where was the mag Where did you place the magazine when you took it out? >> On the side, like like right there like where it is. >> Okay. Took it out. So, you had still had it both in one hand, the magazine and the gun. Okay. And then as you're holding her, you said you said that the firearm fell and it went off? >> No, no, no, it didn't fall when it went off. When I'm holding her, I'm holding her like this and that fell in my hand. I'm holding her like this right here. So, she starts swinging and then I was like, "Babe, back a little bit." And then it goes off. >> I backed up and the gun went off. I backed up and the gun went off. I backed up and the gun went off. She also said she grabbed the gun. Guns do not fire, for the most part, unless the trigger is pulled. And she wants you to believe that triggers aren't pulled on accident, that that something could have bumped the firearm and engaged that mechanism. She grabbed the gun. Even if she pushed him, even if she did this, is there not a chance that perhaps, maybe, she hit the trigger? We know it was fired close. There's soot in that indicates it was fired close. It's reasonable to believe that his story is true. And if his story is true, or even reasonable, he's not guilty. The state has the burden. Please, do not forget that throughout your deliberations. >> Was there one chambered in it already, or >> Yes, ma'am. And I didn't know that. >> Okay. >> She probably had it when she went in the room. She probably popped it. >> So, I know that she owned two Tauruses. Did she always keep those chambered that you knew of? >> Those weren't even supposed to be in the house. >> Okay. >> That I know. >> Okay. Did you know that she owned two Tauruses? >> Yeah, I know that. >> Okay. Okay. >> She had those for a long time. >> Okay. >> What kind of guns were those? Two Tauruses. >> Yeah. Do you know what kind they were? Like, caliber, all that stuff? >> Both of them were 9 mm. >> Both of them were 9 mm? >> Yeah. >> Which one did she walk out of the room with? >> No, she ain't she ain't walk out of the room with with what's her name. One of them the 9 mm. >> That's the one >> It wasn't It wasn't It wasn't even hers. It was mine. >> Okay. And what What gun was >> Yeah, she Yeah, that she bought probably. She bought. Did she bought from me, you know what >> Okay. So, she bought you a What kind of gun was that one? >> Well, which one? The one that >> The one that she walked out with, yeah. The one that you had in your hand. It's okay. I get it. It's tough situation. But this is where your voice matters. And that's what we're here today is to hear your voice. I respect that you wanted a fresh start and you try to do things right with her. And as a man, I 100% respect that. So, now is the best time to obviously give us everything because if it comes up later or something changes, it just doesn't look good on your side. >> I mean, really no actually I just feel I'm going to look good cuz of my record anyway. >> Yeah, but we got to look at this circumstance. Everything that's happening now. This is what's important. So, what what firearm did she have? I get it. It's a lot going on right now. So, like I said, it's just it's not going to look good if if things come out later and something else is found different. Right? For us to be able to help you to put your side out there, we we have to know everything. And you see me. I'm I'm trying to get everything from you. I'm trying to get your side. Like I said, your your side matters. That's why we're here today. They could have just taken you straight to the jail. We didn't have to talk to you. But we we want to get this information from you. So, what kind of firearm did she have when she walked out? But you're you're doing good. You're giving us, you know, everything, your side. >> You said the 9 mm weren't supposed to be there? >> No, I said I didn't even know that. Um if they was if they shouldn't have been there cuz I was told that they wasn't what they wasn't there. >> Why why were why wouldn't they be there? >> [ __ ] probably because she wouldn't want me to touch them. >> Okay. >> I got my own [ __ ] like >> doesn't want you to touch the 9 mm, why the hell would she buy you another gun? I understand why this isn't making a whole lot of sense, man. >> Listen. >> We're here to We're just >> Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen, man. She She She bought me that gun, man. She bought me the gun. If she bought me something, why she can't have it? >> Okay. But if the 9 mm aren't there because she doesn't want you to have them, >> Mhm. >> why she going to get you her own gun? You're not supposed to be around firearms, correct? >> Yeah, exactly. >> Okay. So, she's not keeping her own firearms there to protect you. Do you understand how that's And And like she's explained to you, we're we're here providing you the opportunity to tell your side of the story. >> I mean, I ain't trying to I ain't giving y'all no bogus ass >> Okay. >> If she bought it for me if she bought it for me, it's mine. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. I mean, that's understandable. That's what we're and we're trying to figure out what >> Mine going to be though. >> Okay. >> Mine is going to be though, man. >> Okay. >> Are you able to provide what what gun she bought you? >> Um it was 45. >> Okay. Do you know what type? What >> Mhm. >> So, you just know 45? >> That's all I know. >> Okay. Can you describe color-wise? >> Um silver silver and black. >> Okay. All right. I appreciate that. And then so, from then on, you said the gun went off. >> Mhm. >> What happened after that? >> I was scared and shocked, man. >> I get it, yeah. >> It was unbelievable, man. >> Did you call anyone? Provide treatment? What What did you do after that? >> I just sat there and held her, man. Then I called my daughter, man. >> Okay. And what did you say to your daughter? >> She said she needed to come to the house. >> Yeah. Did you call 911 at all? >> No, ma'am. I just waited till my daughter got there and told her to come. >> Okay. >> The only reason I ain't do that, man, cuz she was she was still moving. I thought like it was just like some some blows or scrapes or like that, man. >> So, you couldn't tell at that point exactly where she was hit? Or did you Were you >> know. I don't know. I didn't know. >> At that point, did Where was the blood located at? Like once it went off? Or what did you observe? Like did she fall back? Did she fall down? Kind of where was her positioning? >> Like like a slow thing or something. >> Okay. >> I'm like, "No, no, no." No, no, hell no. Hell no. And I just wanted to hold her, man. >> Where were you guys at in relevance to the house? Like what part did all that happen in? >> um We were in the living room. >> Okay. All right. So, you call your daughter. And then what happens after that? >> I just waited. I just held my wife, man. >> Okay. Does your daughter end up showing up? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. And then what happened once they get there? >> Now, pay attention here because it's not what Walker says about the shooting that matters. It's what he did after. We know detectives have already sat with Lyric. They know the math ain't mathing. Her father made three calls before 5:00 a.m. None of them went to 911. So, this question isn't curiosity. It's rope. They're handing him the chance to explain that choice in his own words. And letting him decide how much to hang himself with. His explanation? He thought it was a graze, nothing serious. A graze from a man who, by his own account, picked up the gun, walked out the door, and left the apartment before a single deputy arrived. The state says that represents consciousness of guilt. The defense says it's blind panic. Because panic makes innocent men do guilty-looking things. And you know what? Sometimes they're right about that. One phone call, two perspectives, and 12 strangers who'd eventually have to pick one. >> What happened once they get there? >> Jesus, my daughter asked me like, "What happened?" I don't even kind of I can't I can't tell them. It's like You got to call an ambulance right now. And I'm just I'm just scared because of my record and just just cuz of the bullet. I don't know. I'm just like nervous like, "Oh man, I'm just thinking these folks going to just do something to me, man." >> Yeah, I get it. >> So, I just leave, man. I'll just leave. >> And where's where's the gun at that point when you leave? >> It's with [clears throat] me. >> Okay. When you left, where did you leave the gun? Cuz obviously we know that you were located in in Marianna. Was it in the vehicle? Was it in the apartment that you were in? >> No, it wasn't nowhere around. It was in the vehicle when I was there. >> Officers would eventually find the gun Walker carried out of that apartment. But by now, the weapon is almost beside the point. He's already placed himself in the room, hand on the grip when it fired. So, the question detectives are chasing has changed. It's not just who It's not just how, but why. For that, detectives circle back to before the gunshot. Back to the hours when this was still just a Tuesday night. >> So, that that night right before everything happened, were you out with another female or was just you said you were just kind of running around clearing your head and Okay. >> And that that night, man, I was out with my boys. >> Okay. >> I'm just saying, man. >> Trying to clear your head? >> Yeah, I don't want to let no cuz I'm trying to stay in a good place, you know what I'm saying? My mind and waste the food she And I ain't want her to just felt like I wanted to just pay no mind no attention to what you You know what I >> What she trying >> She was making some rice or something. >> [laughter] >> You said you said you're trying to stay in a good place. What do you mean by that? >> just you know what I'm saying? Staying in that good head space like cuz I was fine. I had to tell her. >> That's probably a lot weighing on you. >> And I had to tell her, man. >> Okay. Have y'all had I mean, we're talking about you you're seeing somebody else on the side? >> Nah, hell no. I was just just stepping out, just doing dumb [ __ ] That I ain't have to do, man. >> Mhm. >> And at one time, man, just like, damn. >> But you were worried you didn't catch something when you did it? >> Yeah, man. It was And it was the damn vape. >> Was it something that showed like physical signs of like sores or anything or was it just it had you feeling weird and that's why you thought >> The cold The cold is like I couldn't man cuz I don't keep no cold long. I don't keep no cold long and I just couldn't shake that cold and the phlegm. I couldn't shake it for some reason. I'm always coughing like and I'm like, "Nah, man. This ain't me, man. This ain't me." I'm like, "Damn, man. I hope it ain't nothing like that, man." And I was just nervous. I was nervous as and then >> What did you think it was? >> What I thought it was? What else? Some AIDS. >> Huh? >> Like for something like to be happening like that fast like that. And like I say, man. I'm just man >> You want to be honest with her? >> Yeah, cuz man cuz that night like what? Cuz it what? Cuz she it wasn't I couldn't tell her no. I couldn't tell her no. >> Yeah. But like the weeks, you know, leading up to everything, everything was good between y'all. You were trying to see a you know, good start. >> Listen, man. I'm not changing my whole life, man. Listen, I started hitting my Bible and everything. >> Yeah. >> And then for this right here to happen, man. Like man >> When she came out and she had that gun, did she do anything to it? Or how was she holding it? >> She like >> Holding it up? Did she like racking it in front of you or do some of the weird stuff or just kind of was tapping her hand? >> She was holding it. >> She was holding it? >> Just holding it and talking. >> What kind of what was she talking? >> She was talking. You should have known better. Like that. >> Known better than to what? >> What else? She should have known better. Bring some on. It was more like I knew it. I knew it. >> She should have known better? What was she telling you? She's going to leave you? >> No, hell no. >> Uh-uh. >> You do a lot of dumb ass bull. I mean no but before I leave I don't know. >> If you choose watching the video again because I think this is where things kind of go off the rails. Investigator Chambliss there. I think it's very clear why he was there. It's because investigator Wallace is engaging in her first investigation as the lead investigator. He's there to supervise. He's there to monitor her. He's there to make sure everything's done right. >> Objection facts not in evidence. >> Sustained. >> I invite you to look at the demeanor of investigator Chambliss. I invite you to look when Ashley Wallace looks over to him and says >> Anything else? >> And he interjects. He interjects and watch how he goes about talking to Mr. Walker, right? Watch how he ignores and the state ignores Mr. Walker's clear statement where he says, "I backed up and the gun went off." "I backed up and the gun went off." Yet when investigator Chambliss does this physical recreation, right? He makes sure to go, "And your hands were behind his head? They were behind your head? They were behind your head, right? They were behind your head?" And now the state is going to make this inference that was when the shot was fired? >> Did you still kind of have a hold of her when the gun went off or were you completely separated? >> I was like holding her and like once she could not stop. >> Were your Were your hands behind her head or kind of on her shoulders? >> Can I show you? >> I You describe it the best you can. Does it help? >> No. >> Yeah, just explain. >> Come on, bend down some. >> So so you Oh, you see you had her like >> Holding her like this. >> Yeah, like holding her. Holding her. >> Uh-huh. >> Like this. >> Like that? >> But you know like she was running on me, you know I'm saying? >> You're just holding her. >> Like like oh my god. >> I got you. I got you, babe. And then your gun is still you Everything up here. >> I had the gun and the magazine like in my hand while I'm like holding it. >> So like in the back of her, like right if it was in this area. Okay. >> I'm just trying to iron it out. >> And then you when you step back, you still had the arms around her, you said? >> It wasn't like no holding like locking her in, like keep her from going nowhere, nothing. Like it was just like a like I knew I messed up, like I'm trying to like keep her calm. I know I messed up, man. And then she just started like >> Now how how did you hold the gun when when [snorts] you had it in the one hand? >> Like >> Was the hand like on the trigger or >> Holding it like this right here. But I got everything like together. >> So where was the like appointed like the >> Yeah, it's right here in my hand. >> So you had it in your left hand? Okay. >> I'm holding it like holding it like like this doing >> Okay. >> And she goes through I'm like whoa. I'm like whoa. >> Uh-huh. >> She just moves up. >> Was your hand on the trigger at any point or >> No, man. It was on the outside. >> And then gun fell after that or did you still have a hold of the gun? >> No, it just It just it just dropped. >> Okay, dropped to the ground. >> I dropped it. And we grabbed her. >> Okay. >> You think there's anything else that we didn't ask that's is to be important. >> Or anything you might could tell us. >> Yeah. You feel like you're being 100% honest? >> Yes, sir. You don't feel like I'm being honest? >> I'm just asking if you do. >> I'm 100% honest. >> Okay. That's all. >> So, you've heard Walker's version. Now, let's put you in the juror's seat because months later in that courtroom the evidence told quite a story. It's November 20th, 2025. This is Jennifer Hill. She's the lead crime scene tech who processed the scene. She walks the jury through the evidence she collected bag by bag. The spent shell casing recovered near the door, a live round and a projectile pulled from the night cap Sheena was wearing. Back at the lab, the technician put it under magnification. Around the bullet hole she found sitting black ash-like gunpowder residue left behind by burning gunpowder. Sitting is typically seen when a firearm is discharged from very close range, often within inches rather than several feet. Next, the medical examiner takes the stand. Remember Walker's account? He told detectives the gun was behind Sheena's head when it discharged. But according to the medical examiner, the fatal bullet entered from the front. The physics of his story, the physics of her wound, they don't match and no amount of explaining makes a bullet change direction. >> The defendant waived his right to remain silent, gave a statement to law enforcement. Said he wanted to talk and I guess I said he talked because he got caught. He didn't call the police. He didn't call 911 to help her. He didn't leave the house after that traumatic experience and then drive himself to the sheriff's office to explain what happened. He got in his car and fled the jurisdiction. Halfway across the state is where they find him. And he doesn't talk until after he gets back. Now, Mr. Brown points out that the state doesn't present an alternative theory about what happened in the house. And I submit to you that we can't. Because there's only two people that know what happened, the defendant and the victim. She obviously can't tell us anything. I submit to you the defendant's reluctance in that interview is not because he doesn't know the truth. It's because he doesn't want to tell the truth. And thus what he said isn't the truth. Remember, you have to consider the circumstances of what happened. The circumstances of what brought them in that place. The claim that the victim is the one that brought the gun from the room is not consistent with what what was shown in the house. It's not consistent with the testimony of Lyric and of DJ. It's not even necessarily consistent with what the defendant said himself because he was so reluctant to even talk about where the gun came from. Or what gun it was. Um that the defendant didn't know the gun was chambered. That can't be true either. Something happened in that kitchen. There is an evidence of a struggle in the house, and the defense put in photographs of the air conditioner uh thermostat with the with the top broken off, and the rugs askew. The shoes are askew in the kitchen. Her panties are in the kitchen. A live round is in the kitchen. A live round doesn't just pop out of the gun by itself. It has to pop out because someone worked the mechanism of the gun. And that's in the kitchen where it would appear it started. The defendant claimed he took out the magazine, but nobody sees him pick up the magazine. Everybody sees him pick up the gun and go. And the most important part is the defendant said that the gun went off behind her head. Mr. Brown claims that that's not what he said. But if you go back to the interview at [snorts] 12:47 58 or right at 12:48 and I played this clip for you. Chambliss says, >> Did you still kind of have a hold of her when the gun went off or were you completely separated? >> Yeah, kind of like holding her like so she can like stop. >> And then your the gun's in still you know >> Yeah. >> Everything I had on the gun and the magazine like in my hand while while I'm like holding her. >> So like in the back of her, like right >> Yeah. >> So it was in this area. Okay. >> Did you still have a hold of her when the gun went off or were you completely separated? And then defendant said, "Definitely, like holding her, like so she can like stop." And he's gesturing. He is demonstrating where his hands were when the gun went off. And then Chambliss continues and and clarifies and and asks him about it being behind his head and he says, "Yes." And it is consistent with the soot on the nightcap. Because the gun does go off. But the gun goes off on her nightcap in the front of her head, not behind it, which is completely different from what the defendant says. And that's because he does not want to tell you what really happened. "She grabbed the gun." Is what he told Lyric, what Lyric said yesterday that the defendant said. DJ said that the defendant said that he reached for the gun or that sorry that she reached for the gun. Why is there a gun to begin with? Why is there even a gun to begin with? I submit to you the circumstances that the defendant puts forth are not true. Why is there a gun to begin with? We've already established that she didn't bring his gun from her room. Why would there be a gun? The defendant says, I'm sorry, Mr. Brown said of the defendant that uh we focused on his actions after the fact. The actions of a desperate and terrified man. And I submit to you, maybe, but those are also actions that are consistent with consciousness of guilt. The things that people do when they know they are responsible for something they shouldn't be or things that they know they did wrong. Leaving the scene, taking the gun, refusing to answer the question. Remember it took him 5 minutes just to say it was a .45 and that it I mean he would say it was his gun and it took him 5 minutes to say it was a .45. Took him forever to pull out where he got rid of the gun and then he was still not even specific about that. And I submit to you that things didn't happen the way the defendant represents in his interview. And I can't tell you how it did, but one thing is 100% for sure, if it didn't happen the way the defendant says it did, it was not an accident. The defendant's story is that this was an accident. This wasn't an accident. This was a marital dispute that got violent. The defendant introduced a gun into the situation and his wife is shot and killed with it. He's the only one left standing. He's the responsible party for this. You have all the evidence you need to convict him of second degree murder. Thank you. >> The evidence was in, the testimony heard, the closing arguments finished. Darrell Walker's fate now belonged to the jury. If they believed the state that this was no accident, the sentence was mandatory, life without the possibility of parole. If they believed him, he'd walk out of that courtroom a free man. Accident or murder? 12 people, one answer. >> Verdict. We, the jury, find as follows as to the count charged in the information. Guilty of second degree murder as charged. During the commission of the offense, did the defendant actually possess a firearm? Yes. During the commission of the offense, did the defendant personally discharge a firearm? Yes. During the commission of the offense, and as a result of the discharge of the firearm, was death caused by Sheena caused to Sheena Levine? Yes. So say we all this 21st day of November. Foreperson, juror Heather Smith. >> Any request of the bailiff >> Darrell Walker will spend the rest of his days in prison. He also pleaded no contest to possessing the firearm, a gun he was never legally allowed to own. >> Mhm.