A federal judge has sentenced a man to nine years in federal prison for carjacking a rideshare driver at gunpoint outside the Willis Tower in January 2021.
Joshua Walker pleaded guilty to federal charges of carjacking and using a machine gun during a violent crime, according to court records. U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland imposed a two-year sentence for the carjacking charge and a consecutive seven-year sentence for the firearm charge.
The early-morning carjacking outside the Willis Tower was one of several violent crimes Walker and fellow “Beamteam” gang members allegedly committed that morning and on other occasions…