Chicago Murder Suspect Arrested in Indianapolis

Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); Jody P. Weis, Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD); and Thomas Dart, Cook County Sheriff, were joined today by Michael S. Welch, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis office, in announcing the arrest of a fugitive who was wanted for the September 2008 shooting death of a Chicago man.

AKEE R. WALTON, age 28, whose last known address was 8917 South Cottage Grove in Chicago, was arrested yesterday afternoon, without incident, by FBI Special Agents and Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Marion County Sheriff’s office at 815 Rural Street in Indianapolis.

WALTON had been the subject of a nationwide manhunt, coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF), since March of this year after being charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago with Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution, which is a felony offense.  WALTON was charged earlier by Cook County authorities with First Degree Murder for the shooting death of Isaiah Walker, following an altercation outside a fast food restaurant on Chicago’s southside.

Investigation by the CPD identified WALTON as a suspect in this murder and he was eventually charged in early October of 2008.  However, attempts by the CPD to locate and arrest him were unsuccessful.  When information was developed indicating that WALTON had fled the state, the case was referred to the FBI.  Subsequent investigation by the VCTF developed information indicating that WALTON was possibly staying with a relative in Indianapolis, and which led to the arrest announced today.

WALTON is in local custody in Indianapolis, awaiting extradition to Chicago.

The Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force is comprised of FBI Special Agents, Detectives from the CPD and Investigators from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department.

The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

EDITORS NOTE:  A copy of the criminal complaint filed in this case is available from the Chicago FBI’s Press Office at (312) 829-1199