Atlanta police officer Gerald Walker, who fatally shot rapper Linton Blackwell outside a Buckhead bar on the night of Oct. 11, was already under investigation for another shooting earlier in the year.
Walker, who was working an off-duty security job during the October shooting, was on-duty the night of March 26, 2025, when he shot 42-year-old Travis Walker, no relation, with his department-issued shotgun outside an auto repair shop in Sylvan Hills.
Blackwell’s family began calling Walker’s employment with the department into question after learning of the previous shooting, the multiple complaints sustained by internal affairs, and the autopsy results that revealed Blackwell had been shot in the back 17 times…