BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced that a jury has found 21-year-old Javair D. Walker of Buffalo guilty of one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
The district attorney's office said on August 16, 2021, Walker intentionally fired at least one shot from an illegal gun into a crowd of people who were involved in a fight in the area of Page Street and Lawn Avenue in Buffalo. A 17-year-old girl was shot in the chest and transported to ECMC where she was pronounced dead.
Buffalo police identified the victim as 17-year-old Najae Lanier. 7 News spoke to Lanier's family after the shooting and they described her as the most loving, caring and sweet 17-year-old.
Walker was located by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in the Cleveland, Ohio area. He was arrested on the indictment warrant, waived extradition, and was returned to Western New York in September 2022.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on November 30 and continues to be held without bail. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
