Video: Man Gets 2 Life Sentences for Killing VA Trooper
Russell Brown was sentenced to two life terms plus 23 years, without the possibility of parole for killing Master Trooper Junius A. Walker, a 40-year veteran of the Virginia State Police, in 2013.
December 9, 2016
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A man who was convicted of shooting and killing a Virginia State Trooper in Dinwiddie County was sentenced in court Thursday morning.
Russell Brown was sentenced to two life terms plus 23 years, without the possibility of parole for killing Master Trooper Junius A. Walker, a 40-year veteran of the Virginia State Police, in 2013.
Prosecutors said in 2013 Brown was smoking marijuana with a rifle when his car broke down on I-85 in Dinwiddie County, moments before trooper Walker arrived on scene to see if Brown was OK.
Brown eventually caught up to Walker, shooting him several times from the passenger side of Walker’s car. Using a .308 caliber semi-automatic rifle, Brown also fired at Thomas Hales, a truck driver who stopped when he noticed trooper Walker’s car in the woods, as well as another trooper who responded to the scene before taking off his clothes and running into the woods.
Brown’s attorney insists she will appeal the case on the grounds that her client was mentally ill when he shot Trooper Walker, WRIC TV reports.
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