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Former Football Star Turns Self In On Murder Charges
Walker Being Held On $2 Million Bond
POSTED: 6:56 am EDT August 1, 2005
AKRON, Ohio -- A former Buchtel High School football star is in jail Monday morning, NewsChannel5 reported.
Canton police said Stephen Walker, 19, shot and killed a gas station attendant, Michael Cheek, Friday night.
Walker, who was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh team, turned himself in to police Sunday.
He is being held on a $2 million bond.
Walker and Cheek started arguing inside the station, Lt. James Cole said. A witness said Cheek was trying to get to hi
s car when he was shot.
He was taken unconscious to a hospital and died shortly after the shooting, authorities said
.
Walker was dismissed from the Pittsburgh football program in early December 2004 and has not been a student at the school since then, Panthers spokesman E.J. Borghetti said.
Borghetti would not say why he was dismissed from the program.
Before he was dismissed, Walker, a defensive back, was on the team for just over four months and did not play in any games, Borghetti said.
Walker started at quarterback for three seasons at Buchtel High School.
Former Football Star Turns Self In On Murder Charges
Walker Being Held On $2 Million Bond
POSTED: 6:56 am EDT August 1, 2005
AKRON, Ohio -- A former Buchtel High School football star is in jail Monday morning, NewsChannel5 reported.
Canton police said Stephen Walker, 19, shot and killed a gas station attendant, Michael Cheek, Friday night.
Walker, who was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh team, turned himself in to police Sunday.
He is being held on a $2 million bond.
Walker and Cheek started arguing inside the station, Lt. James Cole said. A witness said Cheek was trying to get to hi
s car when he was shot.
He was taken unconscious to a hospital and died shortly after the shooting, authorities said
.
Walker was dismissed from the Pittsburgh football program in early December 2004 and has not been a student at the school since then, Panthers spokesman E.J. Borghetti said.
Borghetti would not say why he was dismissed from the program.
Before he was dismissed, Walker, a defensive back, was on the team for just over four months and did not play in any games, Borghetti said.
Walker started at quarterback for three seasons at Buchtel High School.
