Treyvon Walker pleaded guilty this week in Bibb County Superior Court and was sentenced to 50 years, with the first 35 years to serve in prison, in the 2023 killing of Kaneza Owens.
He entered the plea Tuesday, November 10, to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 41NBC reported. The station said the relationship had been violent and that Owens had decided to end it. Law&Crime described the sentence as 35 years in prison followed by 15 years of probation. The Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office said the punishment was imposed for Owens’ shooting death.
A Gun, a Recording, and Police at the Door
Prosecutors said Walker arrived at Owens’ Macon home on May 4, 2023, with a gun and refused to leave. Through the night, they said, he repeatedly threatened to kill her and to kill himself.
Owens recorded much of the encounter. Prosecutors said that recording included Walker holding a gun, pointing it at her and threatening her life. Early on May 5, as police arrived at the home, he shot her twice in the chest. Her 7-year-old daughter was asleep upstairs. Owens died from her injuries.
Arrested With the Gun
Walker was arrested on May 9, 2023, with the gun used in the shooting.
Prosecutors said he posted on Facebook after the shooting. The words, as WGXA reported them: “Real Life Just Threw My Life Away Just Shot My Girl.”
Her Mother, and the District Attorney
Owens’ mother addressed the court at the plea hearing. She said she could not understand how someone who professed love for Owens, and who had planned a life with her, could kill her while her child was upstairs.
District Attorney Anita Howard said Owens decided to leave and was killed for it. “This year alone, there have been six homicides in Bibb County connected to domestic violence,” Howard said.
Howard urged anyone experiencing domestic violence to contact local law enforcement or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
