Murdered: Qiana Walton

Original Article Found at My Fox Local

A 27 year old female gas station attendant is robbed, then shot to death. It happened at the Gas USA station on Middle Avenue in Elyria, the same station that had the gas leak in the past couple of weeks.

Qiana Walton’s family says she had just closed the store at midnight and was waiting for her best friend to pick her up. That friend was late, and Elyria Police say in the meantime, 27 year old Vincent Jackson came along and ordered her to open the store back up. Police say recently installed surveillance cameras caught the robbery and shooting on tape. Saturday morning a co-worker looked at the tape and identified the man as Jackson, her brother, and led police to a home nearby. Police surrounded the West Avenue home for three hours Saturday morning. They say Jackson was in the attic of the home alone with a four month old and a four year old relative. Hostage negotiators talked Jackson into releasing the children, and he then surrendered himself.

Qiana Walton graduated from Admiral King High School and had moved away to Chicago for years before moving back to Ohio about a year ago to help her mom take care of her ailing father. Besides her parents, Qiana Walton leaves behind a younger brother Robert who called Qiana “his right hand, that’s how close we were.” Vincent Jackson is being held in the Elyria City Jail. He is charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated murder. He is due in Elyria City Court on Monday.