Crocodile tears! College football player, William Riley Gaul, 18, charged with killing High School cheerleader, Emma Walker, whose passing he’s been mourning publicly
William Riley Gaul allegedly fired a gun into the Walker’s home “with exact proximity to where the victim, Emma Walker was sleeping”
The Maryville College football player is charged in shooting death of his 16-year-old cheerleader girlfriend
William Riley Gaul allegedly fired a gun into the Walker’s home “with exact proximity to where the victim, Emma Walker was sleeping”
Gaul is being held on $750,000 bond at a Knox County jail
William Riley Gaul, accused of killing Central High School cheerleader, Emma Walker, by shooting into the home where she was sleeping. He was taken into custody, Wednesday..
A Maryville College football player, William Riley Gaul, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder for the shooting death of a 16-year-old cheerleader.
William Gaul, 18, was booked in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Emma Jane Walker, WBIR reported. The Tennessee cheerleader was found dead in her North Knox County home from a gunshot wound Monday morning.
Gaul, who himself graduated from Central High School where the victim was a cheer leader, allegedly fired a gun into the Walker’s home “with exact proximity to where the victim, Emma Walker was sleeping,” according to the arrest warrants.

16-year-old Emma Walker School was shot in her home in Knox County, Tennessee in November of 2016
William Riley Gaul before he was charged had been posting his grief on social media

Maryville College football player, William Riley Gaul (left), has been arrested for the killing Emma Walker (picture, right)
William Riley Gaul accused of killing his high school girlfriend, Emma Walker in Knox County, Tennessee
Gaul, a freshman at Maryville has been on Twitter with references to the Emma since her death, prominently featuring her in both his banner and profile photos.
On Tuesday he tweeted: “I love you Emma, I can’t be around any of that yet, it’s too soon. I know you know I’m dying to be there but understand I can’t. I love you.”
And on Monday Gaul shared a long tribute to Emma and paired it with a Corinthians bible verse. Gaul was being held Thursday on $750,000 bond at a Knox County jail.
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