Stephen Steve Robert Walker, 68, of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was shot and killed on August 9, 2020 while seated in his vehicle on Cats Back Road in West Earl Township. The shooter, identified as 29-year-old Stephen Jones of Denver, forced Walker to stop his vehicle and fired a shot through the driver’s side window, striking Walker in the head before fleeing the scene. Investigators say Jones did not know Walker prior to the incident.

A witness later reported seeing a man with a rifle and a spent shotgun shell in his truck, and that individual was arrested at his workplace in Denver and charged with homicide and robbery. The community mourned Walker, who was remembered by friends and family as a kind and loving individual.

If anyone has information about Walker, his movements that day, or the events on Cats Back Road, please share what is known.