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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#1c0202;">William Riley Gaul allegedly fired a gun into the Walker’s home “with exact proximity to where the victim, Emma Walker was sleeping”</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0202;">The Maryville College football player is charged in shooting death of his 16-year-old cheerleader girlfriend</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0202;">William Riley Gaul allegedly fired a gun into the Walker’s home “with exact proximity to where the victim, Emma Walker was sleeping”</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0202;">Gaul is being held on $750,000 bond at a Knox County jail</span></h6>
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<strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-104576" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/william-riley-gaul5.jpg" alt="William Riley Gaul5.jpg" width="640" height="360" />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.</strong>.</h6>
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<p>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.<br />
William Gaul, 18, was booked in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend, Emma Jane Walker, <a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/crime/18yo-football-player-accused-of-murdering-central-hs-student/355203178">WBIR</a> reported. The Tennessee cheerleader was found dead in her North Knox County home from a gunshot wound Monday morning.<br />
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.</p>
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<h6 class="ra-caption">16-year-old Emma Walker School was shot in her home in Knox County, Tennessee in November of 2016</h6>
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<h6 class="alignnone size-full wp-image-104511"><strong>William Riley Gaul before he was charged had been posting his grief on social media<br />
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<h6 class="ra-caption">Maryville College football player, William Riley Gaul (left), has been arrested for the killing Emma Walker (picture, right)</p>
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<p>William Riley Gaul accused of killing his high school girlfriend, Emma Walker in Knox County, Tennessee</h6>
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<div class="ra-module">Authorities have not stated, what if any relationship exists between the two, but a few of their acquaintances told the news station the pair were boyfriend and girlfriend.</div>
<p>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.<br />
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.”<br />
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.</p>
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Crocodile tears! College football player, William Riley Gaul, 18, charged with killing High School cheerleader, Emma Walker, whose passing he’s been mourning publicly
