Parties presented their closing arguments both focused on the issue of choice in a jury trial for a triple-homicide defendant before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on April 2.
Nakita Walker, 46, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and fleeing a law enforcement officer. The charges stem from her alleged involvement in a fatal car crash that killed Mohamed Kamara, 43, Jonathan Cabrera Mendez, 23, and Olvin Josue Torres Velasquez, 22, on March 15, 2023 on Rock Creek Parkway, NW.
The prosecution’s closing statement framed the incident as a series of choices made by Walker. Walker chose to drive under the influence, to flee a law enforcement officer, and to drive at an “indefensible” speed, asserted prosecutors…