A Shreveport teen convicted in late March of shooting and killing a Booker T. Washington high student three years ago was sentenced to a mandatory life term in prison Monday, April 14, 2025.
Eric Dewayne Green, 19, was sentenced by District Judge John D. Mosley Jr. The term must be served without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. But as Green was a juvenile at the time of the January 27, 2022 slaying of Deanthony Walker, 17, in the 1300 block of Harvard Avenue and Harp Street as he walked home from school, he will be eligible for parole at some later date.
Green was the first of three defendants, all teens at the time, charged with Mr. Walker’s slaying.
When officers arrived on scene they located Mr. Walker deceased in the street suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Crime scene investigators located 26 9mm shell casings at the scene along with three .357 caliber shell casings. Door video from a nearby residence showed a black Kia Soul, later determined to have been stolen that morning, drive by the victim as he walked down Harvard. The Soul stopped in the road and one of the occupants called the victim to the vehicle. At that time, Green exited the driver’s side back seat and fired 17 9mm rounds at Mr. Walker from a Glock 19 pistol. A co-defendant then allegedly fired a .357-caliber gun from the passenger’s side rear of the Kia as the victim ran away. A third co-defendant in the front passenger seat then left the car, walked over to Mr. Walker and allegedly shot him point-blank range while he was on the pavement.
Two days later, the Kia was involved in a car chase with police. The occupants of the car fled but were apprehended not far away. The fourth occupant told police that Green and the other two teens were in the Kia on the day Mr. Walker was shot and that he witnessed the shooting. Police also seized a cellphone from Green when he was apprehended.
The phone’s location data indicated that Green was parked across the street from Booker T. Washington High School before Mr. Walker left school. School surveillance video showed a black Kia drive in front of the school, park in the parking lot across the street and leave as Mr. Walker left school. Location data from the phone also showed that he was less than a block away from where the homicide took place. The gun Green used was found at the co-defendant’s home and was determined to have fired 17 of the 26 9-mm shell casings recovered from the scene. Green’s DNA also was found on multiple items found in the Kia Soul.
Green was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Kodie K. Smith and Bill Edwards. He was defended by Casey Simpson and Harry Johnson.
The case was docket No. 387430.
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