Inset: Shawn Walker (WBZ/YouTube). Background: Law enforcement officers respond to a shooting on 258 Dudley Street in Boston, Massachusetts (WBZ/YouTube).
A man is accused of paralyzing an innocent woman in Massachusetts during a shooting in which he intended to hit someone else — within days of suggesting on social media that he was addicted "to killing."
Shawn Walker, 24, faces a slew of charges, including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — causing serious bodily injury, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, per the Boston Police Department.
It was about 4 p.m. on Oct. 8 when a 25-year-old woman was walking from a doctor's appointment with her boyfriend near 258 Dudley Street in Roxbury in Boston. As they walked past a liquor store and restaurant, "they heard several gunshots," per the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office.
They "ducked for cover," but as the woman tried to get back up, "she collapsed and was unable to move."
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Boston police officers responded to the shooting at about 4:10 p.m., and when they arrived, they found the woman "lying on the sidewalk suffering." She had been shot in the back.
A nearby restaurant and vehicle in the area were damaged in the shooting, per the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. More than 20 discharged 9 mm Luger shell casings were found at the scene, with video from Boston's CBS affiliate WBZ showing massive cracks in the restaurant's windows.
The victim was brought to an area hospital where she was treated for a gunshot wound "near her spinal cord, resulting in immediate loss of movement from the waist down," authorities said.
There was "extensive surveillance footage of the area before, during and after the shooting," the DA's office said, and authorities believed they saw the shooter. A gray Hyundai sedan could be seen parking at the intersection of Dudley and another street, and then "the shooter is seen exiting the rear passenger-side door and running toward" the shooting location, "where he takes a shooting stance."
There was apparently an "intended target," and he was standing outside the restaurant prior to the shooting. However, according to authorities, he "immediately runs into the restaurant to take cover when he notices the shooter approaching."
"Multiple projectiles" hit the front of the restaurant, which authorities noted was filled with patrons and employees. "The shooter is seen getting back into the gray Hyundai before it speeds away."
Another man was also arrested in the case: 23-year-old Devante Stinson. He faces the same three charges as Walker and was arrested on Oct. 23. Stinson is alleged to have been the driver in the shooting. Walker was arrested on Wednesday, the Boston Police Department said.
Authorities said social media helped them in their investigation. Court documents reviewed by WBZ said Walker was a rapper who went by the name "Th$ Lowskii" and had a music video called "Addicted To Killing" posted to YouTube days after the shooting.
Walker had three prior violent and drug crimes on his record, according to the DA's office.
