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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 24 sepTember 2019

Ex-Army medic

pleads guilty in Hawaii

love triangle murder

By J. SINCO KELLEHER through an online dating
Associated Press site in September 2014, Mi-
HONOLULU (AP) — A for- chael Walker told Jack-
mer Army medic stationed son he was married and
in Hawaii pleaded guilty that his "deepest desire"
Monday to the murder of was to have his wife gone,
his wife, about a week be- but he couldn't divorce
fore a trial was about to her, Assistant U.S. Attorney
begin in a case involving Tom Brady said. By gone,
porn, sex charges and a he meant, "I wanted her
love triangle. dead, ma'am," he told a
Michael Walker pleaded judge Monday.
guilty to second-degree Walker also had other af-
murder and said he ar- fairs, including with men This May 2, 2014, file photo shows the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, where Army medic
ranged for the woman with who paid him for sex, Brady Michael Walker was working when his wife was killed in their home in November 2014.
whom he was having an said. Walker told one of the Associated Press
affair to kill his wife while he men he had sex with, but emails, during in-person scribing how the two came said, and at about midnight
was working in the emer- didn't receive money from, discussions and in text mes- up with a text messaging Jackson walked to the
gency room at Tripler Army that his wife didn't know he sages where they called code to let Jackson know Walkers' house at Aliamanu
Medical Center in Honolulu was bisexual and was hav- each other "daddycakes" whether she should enter Military Reservation and
so that he would have an ing affairs with men. and "babygirl," according the home through a win- found the key, Brady said.
alibi. In 2015, Ailsa Jackson Walker told Jackson he to Walker's plea agree- dow or use a key left in the Jackson said in court she
pleaded guilty to murder, couldn't simply divorce his ment. On Nov. 14, 2014, gravel near the back door. "went inside and grabbed
describing in court how wife because of financial they met in a military res- If Michael Walker texted, a knife and went upstairs
she stabbed Catherine concerns and stood to re- ervation's gym parking lot, "good," that would mean and stabbed her."
Walker and then waited a ceive $400,000 in life insur- where Jackson said she use the window and "bad" Walker knew that Jackson
half-hour to make sure she ance, Brady said. would kill Catherine Walker would mean the key. was mentally ill and heard
was dead. After meeting They plotted the killing in that night, Brady said, de- Walker texted "bad," Brady voices, Brady said.q

Suspect in shooting of Chicago officer, bike attack charged

CHICAGO (AP) — A former at other officers later Satur- shot the officer in the leg of his motive for shooting
fast-food delivery worker day, police said at a news and groin around 8:30 a.m. her, Deputy Chief Brendan
suspected of shooting a conference Monday. Saturday as police sought Deenihan said Monday.
Chicago police officer and Investigators identified to arrest him, then fled. "Security always had a
of being the bicyclist who Blackman as a suspect in Officers eventually tracked problem with him at that
shot a woman in broad the woman's shooting after him to a nearby railyard. building," Deenihan said.
daylight downtown days piecing together surveil- Blackman was arrested af- "He didn't have any con-
earlier was charged Mon- lance footage and after ter a shootout in which he frontations with her."
day with five counts of at- the Itasca Police Depart- was injured. Blackman was well enough
tempted murder. ment, about 27 miles north- Blackman, the officer and to talk at the hospital, but
Michael Blackman, 45, fac- west of Chicago, identified the woman are expected he wouldn't answer inves-
es one count of attempt- Blackman as the man ap- to recover. tigators' questions, Deeni-
ed murder in the woman's pearing in still photos that In his food delivery job, han said.
shooting that happened Chicago police released. Blackman had confron- This undated photo provided It wasn't immediately
Police
Wednesday, one count The suburban department tations with security in a by the Chicago Saturday, known if Blackman had a
Department
on
for the Saturday morning said he was wanted for building where the wom- Sept. 21, 2019 shows Michael lawyer to comment on his
shooting of the officer and burglary there. an worked, and it's pos- Blackman. behalf.q
three counts for shooting Authorities say Blackman sible that was at least part Associated Press