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★★★★★★*★★★★★★★★★★★nabiniotherlitfdnuhj* f0ehdddreuenildisitFair And WarmerTonight’s forecast calls for generally fair skies and warmer, with a low expected in the low to mid 40s.Wednesday will be more of the same, a high predicted in the low 70s. The ability of any precipitation is near zero ugh Wednesday.Today’s high was to be in the upper 60s night’s low was 31 degrees.★★★★★★:en Of The Yearr ii receives the Archdale-Trinity Citizen of nnis Farlow. Mrs. Clements was awarded :lub meeting. For more information, readthethetheWithHer* ItShooting Took Place» f 'On Grounds Of SchoolBy DON FOLLMEREnterprise Staff WriterWhat is believed to have been a simmering, two-month-old argument between Gerald Locklear of E. Green Drive and David Lee Walker of Furlough Street was ended with a tragic finality shortly after noon Monday.The third act was punctuated by the resounding crack of a .38 caliber revolver, fired six times. As the curtain dropped, 15-year-old David Walker was on the ground—dead or dying from multiple gunshot wounds.And 15-year-old Locklear, an olive-skinned Lumbee Indian, was running blindly from Central High School, the scene of the killing—a holstered revolver, caliber .38, at his waist.Police reports on the case state simply that David Walker, shot four times at close range with a pistol, was dead on arrival at the hospital and that some 30 minutes later, young Locklearwas apprehended about two blocks away, taken to the police station, and charged with premeditated murder.Police said that the shooting occurred at 12:30 p.m. Their investigation produced this reconstruction of events:(Photo by Jerry Parrish)Young Walker walked out of the Central High School cafeteria after his lunch hour. Locklear approached him and said words to the effect, “Come on, I want to talk to you.” Walker reportedly refused the request.Locklear pulled his coat back, Walker removed his, perhaps feeling that he might have to fight. Then he saw the gun holstered at Locklear’s waist, li was a revolver, stolen the day before from Locklear’s uncle and hidden overnight under the house. Police said that Locklear had been wearing the gun throughout the schoolday.Seeing the gun, Walker turned and ran. Police said that Locklear drew the gun and began firing. Walker tried to open a door to the inside of the schoollt;4building. It jammed. Hit at least twice (there was blood on his shirt), he spun around, back to the brick wall.No, no,” he said. The bullet hit him in the chin, just below the lower lip. He had also been struck in the side and shoulder and grazed by a fourth shot.Another student, an eyewitness, stood transfixed by the event. Walker slumped to the cement floor under a fireescape.Traffic Officer Robert Noah was dispatched to the area, with a description of the gunman in mind. As he cruised down Florham Drive, about two or three blocks from the high school, he saw a slender youth, wearing a plaid sports jacket step out in the street. The youth was motioning to him. As he came closer, Noah observed that the youth was unfastening a gunbelt. He pulled his service revolver, and the youth tossed the holstered pistol and belt over his head behind him and raised his hands.Locklear was taken to the police station, booked and charged with the murder. As he walked down the hall of the City-County Building toward the elevator to the jail, he stared straight ahead, as if he were unaware of the circumstances.He was held without bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Friday in Municipal Court.Police noted later that both boys had pending cases on felony charges, committed around the first week of February.Officers admitted that Locklear had written an essay asa classroom assignment in which he told the story of a murder. The contents of the essay were not made public. Police said that they have secured a copy of the essay.Young Walker was born at Old Fort Oct. 12, 1952, and was a member of Green Lee Baptist Church at Old Fort. He was a sophomore at Central Higher cei ary r used years being Thlt; has mobi fund writi told Th• • - •» ». I*y•y,vAv,*.v.\v‘* v * - ‘ **'WV'X - . * *..... T«V.atelj prop they city to n zen in e H.. * * • • * * * , . *4*aim to r topro*stanthefounhabiDAVID LEE WALKERGERALD LOCKLEAR(S★★★★★★HonoredE xchangeHorace Starbuck Haworth (right) last night was presented “The Book of Golden Deeds Award” by the High Point Exchange Club. Making the award is Jack Dunn. Speaker at themeeting was Cecwas furnished bymunity Chorus u H. Grady Miller.(So* SHOOTING on Pago 5-B)
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High Point Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina, US
Tue, Mar 26, 1968
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