Walker Pleads Guilty in Macon Killing

He pleaded guilty with a jury already picked for a murder trial, so the convictions are voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, and the gun count. Murder is not among them. Kaneza Owens was shot to death in her home, and the 35 years he will serve do not change that.

Treyvon Deshun Walker pleaded guilty Tuesday, Nov. 10, in Bibb County Superior Court, shortly after a jury was selected for his murder trial. He pleaded to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the May 5, 2023 shooting death of Kaneza Rikial Owens, 28. The sentence is 50 years, with the first 35 in prison and the remaining 15 on probation.

Prosecutors say Owens was ending a violent relationship, and that Walker had texted her, "You'll feel it later." On the evening of May 4, 2023, he came to her home at Green Meadows Apartments, 3867 Log Cabin Drive in Macon, with a gun. He refused to leave and threatened to kill her and himself. She recorded him pointing the gun at her. Her 7-year-old daughter was asleep upstairs.

Just before 4 a.m. on May 5, as deputies arrived, Walker yelled, "That's the police," and shot Owens twice in the chest while trying to get out the back door. He fled and posted on Facebook, "Real Life Just Threw My Life Away Just Shot My Girl." Deputies arrested him on May 9 with the gun. At the plea, Owens' mother said she could not understand how he killed her daughter while a child was upstairs.