Tony Walker recently entered a no-contest plea to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 19-year-old Seth Smith., as part of Walker's plea deal he agreed to make a formal statment, an allocution, to detail what happened.
Smith was supposed to graduate from UC Berkeley in 2021, but on June 15, 2020 his life was cut short. Seth was found lying on the ground, not far from his new apartment on Dwight Way, with a gunshot wound to the head.Someone walking their dog found him bleeding around 11:15 p.m. He had been shot once.
The victim's mother, Michelle Smith said shortly after her son's killing, "Somebody literally walked up to him and put a gun to the back of his head and shot him and we don’t know why."Seth Smith started Berkeley as a sophomore double majoring in history and economics. He had dreams to further his studies at London School of Economics.The family of a Cal student is searching for answers after learning he had been shot and killed near his Berkeley home.
Why doesn't the headline say 'Black Man murders White student'? You do that when the races are reversed.
There is no motive that could ever explain this violence. Praying for justice for Seth, his family, friends, the UC Berkeley community, and all those who will never have the chance to know this brilliant, creative, and compassionate young man. SethSmithdidntdeservetodieat19