Pop Smoke‘s alleged killer Corey Walker has received a new trial date after he failed to agree a plea deal with prosecutors.
It has been over four years since the “Dior” rapper was killed, but the trial against his alleged murderers has still yet to commence.
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Walker, who is the only defendant to be tried as an adult, could not agree a plea deal with the prosecution, according to his attorney.
Walker’s lawyer Deion Benjamin told Rolling Stone: “Negotiations fell through. But there’s still a possibility we’ll come to an agreement. A few things need to be ironed out. If they don’t get resolved, we’ll go to trial.”
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If no plea deal is agreed, jury selection for the trial will go ahead on August 6. It was previously scheduled to begin this week.
Walker is the only suspect to still have his fate decided by the legal system.
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A 15-year-old previously admitted to pulling the trigger and fatally shooting Pop Smoke during a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills in February 2020.
Tried in juvenile court because of his age, he also admitted to a home invasion robbery charge as well as personally and intentionally discharging a firearm during the crime. He is expected to be held in a state juvenile facility until the age of 25.
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L.A. County Superior Court Judge J. Christopher Smith told the defendant, along with his 19-year-old co-defendant, that Pop Smoke “lost his life over no good reason.”
“You have no right to take somebody’s life. You have no right to take somebody’s property,” said Smith.
Amelia Rose, who was with the Brooklyn rapper when he was gunned down, previously shared a harrowing account of his murder during an episode of WE tv’s Hip Hop Homicides.
Rose told host Van Lathan that she remembered Pop going upstairs to use the bathroom inside the mansion that he was renting at the time. Moments later, she was struck with fear when intruders broke into the property and pointed a gun in her face.
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“Pop said he was going upstairs. I’m sitting on the bed and I’m starting to take off my clothes, and he said, ‘OK, I’ll come back,’” she recalled. “He was going to the restroom and so these were his last words.”
“This moment, it was like a couple seconds and I hear the noise,” Rose continued as she described hearing a sliding glass door open into the second-story bedroom. “The guy was in the mask and his gun was like… ‘Look at me,’ you know? His eyes made me so scared. They run to the restroom. Pop screamed, ‘What?!’”
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Rose went on to tearfully recall how Pop Smoke was taken out of the bathroom by the armed intruders, and after a brief commotion, she heard the fatal gunshot ring out.
