A 33-year-old driver and one of his passengers have been charged with fueling a high-speed gun battle in Minneapolis two weeks ago that ended in a crash that killed a young woman standing on a downtown street corner.
Christopher L. Walker of Minneapolis was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of illegal possession of a firearm in connection with the late-night gunfire at a busy North Loop intersection on Oct. 6 that killed Autumn Rose Merrick, 18, of Minneapolis, who was riding a scooter outside a hotel near Target Field.
An arrest warrant has been issued for Walker, who's accused of being one of the drivers.
Charged with the same counts Wednesday was Marvel G. Williams, 33, who allegedly was sitting next to Walker during the rolling confrontation. Prosecutors allege that a gun recovered from the crash scene had Williams' DNA on it.
Williams, of Eagan, remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail.
Walker's criminal history in Minnesota spans his entire adulthood, starting with a burglary conviction in 2007 when he was 18 years old.
He has one more burglary conviction on his record along with being found guilty of assault, illegal weapons possession, obstructing law enforcement and fleeing police.
Williams also has a substantial criminal history in the state that includes three convictions for illegal weapons possession, two for aiding an offender after the fact and drug possession.
