ST. LOUIS — A teenager was sentenced Tuesday in the deadly shooting of a man in north St. Louis in 2023.
Robert Walker Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action for the shooting death of 22-year-old Robert Green.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department reported the shooting just before 2 p.m. on August 8, 2023, in the 5100 block of Greer Avenue in St. Louis' Kingsway West neighborhood.
Walker and Green had a dispute over the sale of a gun. Walker chased Green, and when the victim collapsed, Walker shot him twice in the head. The incident was caught on video.
At the scene, Green was found shot several times. He was not awake or breathing when officers arrived. Green was transported to a local hospital, where he died.
Walker will serve 19 years for murder and three years for armed criminal action.
