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Two charged with capital murder in shooting
Published Saturday, September 13, 2008
The Selma Police Department has arrested two suspects in the shooting death of a Selma man that occurred Friday night.
Police arrested Undra White, 37, and Dornell Billingsley, 18, and charged them with capital murder Saturday evening. The arrests occurred less than 24 hours from the incident.
“The victim and the suspects got into an altercation in the area of L.L. Anderson and Minter,” Lt. Art Freine said. “Shots were fired, and the victim got into his car. He left from the area at high speeds. It appears that the victim was shot in the back area. That can’t be confirmed until an autopsy is completed.”
Eyewitnesses, who wanted to remain nameless, said the victim was Eric Walker.
“I went to church with Eric,” a witness said. “I don’t know why he would get shot.”
Walker’s 1996 Ford Mustang struck a power pole between 8:45-8:52 p.m. at Church Street and Jeff Davis Avenue.
“I saw him drive into the pole,” an eyewitness said. “It looked like he sped up into it. When he hit the pole he flipped the car.”
Dallas County Coroner Alan Dailey pronounced White dead on arrival.
The accident shut down power in the area. The traffic signal at the intersection remained off Saturday.
“The car struck the power pole with the electrical box on it,” Freine said. “It might be a while before it gets completely fixed.”
Friends said Walker worked as a bricklayer in Mobile, but lived Selma on the weekends.
He attended Providence Baptist Church on Tremont Street regularly.
Rev. Raymond Brown pastors the church and remembered Walker as a nonviolent person.
“He was a very peaceful young brother,” he said. “He always had a smile on his face and would do anything he could for someone. I’ve never seen him angry. I think it would take a lot for him to get angry.”
Detective Fred Walker lead the investigation into Walker’s death. He and other officers in the Selma Police Department Detectives Unit did not rest until the two suspects where arrested.
“Pretty much the entire unit worked through the night,” Sgt. Tory Neely said. “We found the suspects through a multitude of investigative techniques.”
Even into late Saturday afternoon, police patrol cars swarmed the area where White was shot.
Officers placed White and Billingsley into the Dallas County Jail with no bond.
If convicted of capital murder, the suspects face life in prison or death by lethal injection.
Walker’s body was taken to Alabama Department of Forensics in Montgomery for an autopsy. The autopsy will conclude whether the cause of death was from the accident or the gunshot.
Bell Funeral Home in Hayneville will provide services for Walker.
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Posted by sickwititeb3 (anonymous) on September 14, 2008 at 1:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I worked with BO at winn dixie warehouse,we were close one time,he will be missed by me and from my family and I prayers go out to his family.
Posted by camden001 (anonymous) on September 14, 2008 at 7:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Yet another youth dies by the hands of black on black crime and its a sad state of affairs here in Selma anytime a youth violently loses his life. Not to mention the fact that one of the shooters in this tragidy is the brother of the candidate for ward four city council Angela Benjamin.
Posted by mstoijohnson (anonymous) on September 15, 2008 at 11:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
TO the WALKER family I am so sorry for your lost if there is anything I can do please let me know Ms.JOHNSON from Detroit ,michigan.
Posted by Selma (anonymous) on September 16, 2008 at 3 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The Court System should not provide a bond in this case and the DA should seek the death penelty. This types of stiff penalties will hopefully cause the criminals to think before they act. There must be a message sent that we will no longer tolorate lawlessness in Selma. Parents also need to constantly tell their children that if they can't do the time, don't do the crime.
Posted by thiftychick (anonymous) on September 16, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The guy with the last name White had just appeared in court for some viction grimes. He have been out on the streets for a long time doing bad bad things. It beacuse of who you know that he was out on the street this time. I think i am correct to say that he is the gut that hit the 4 year old.
Posted by commonsense (anonymous) on September 16, 2008 at 11:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Has the trial happened already?
In America, people are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. It's what we are built upon, and is what makes us a democracy. I will not tell you what I have heard because it would be gossip, innuendo and propaganda. On top of that, it is an election season. I am so glad that candidate does not dignify this fiasco by responding to it.
What I will do is watch and listen because it is better to think too much than talk too much. Fools open their mouths without first having a thought in their brains, in my opinion. Observe. Gather the facts. Read something beyond the daily newspaper. God would not have us to be ignorant.
We have a system for a reason. If we did not, some of us might be vigilantes. Let us not judge unwisely, lest someday we be judged by the same measure that we dished out.
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