photo by: Lawrence Police Department

Owen Gage Walker is pictured in this notice from the Lawrence Police Department. Walker is suspected of felony obstruction in connection with the shooting death of 14-year-old Kamarjay Shaw on March 18, 2023.

A young man who was wanted by police during the murder trial of Derrick Del Reed was arrested early Tuesday morning at a Lawrence convenience store.

Owen Gage Walker, 20, was arrested on charges of obstructing apprehension of prosecution and interference with law enforcement by concealing or destroying evidence in a felony.

Reed stood trial for the March 2023 killing of 14-year-old Kamarjay Shaw, but he was acquitted a year later. Reed’s defense attorney, Mark Hartman, said at trial that Walker was with Reed when Shaw was shot, and he attempted to cast suspicion on Walker as the shooter. Police took a statement from Walker the night of the shooting in which Walker said that Reed had fired the shots, and he was later released by police only to be charged with obstruction later. Walker disappeared, and police have been attempting to locate him.

He was arrested on a warrant shortly before 3:30 a.m. Thursday at the Dino Mart at 2220 Harper St. and was being held on a $25,000 bond. Police said he called to turn himself in.