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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Man with 'Crazy Eyes' Opens Fire on Family: "I Didn't Kill Them" | Crime Alert 03.26.25

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Sleepless man claims "men in ski masks" forced him to murder his family. 'Walmart Washes' vetoed by senior judge. 

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0:00.0

Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace. Breaking crime news now. Johnny Gay King hasn't slept in days. His actions

0:06.2

start to scare his family. Shouting about men and ski masks chasing him. Family members try to calm him down.

0:12.8

He disappears to his room, returning with a handgun. He shouts, if you don't want to believe me, I'll kill you all.

0:19.8

He opens fire on his mom,

0:21.7

sister, and three-year-old niece, then drives to a friend's house. When they answer the door,

0:27.0

he's got crazy eyes and covered in blood. He says, I didn't kill them. Nancy Gay King's mother

0:32.7

survives the shooting, but both his sister, Tiana Shirel Walking Eagle and her three-year-old daughter,

0:38.1

Loki, are dead by the time first responders arrive, called by a fourth family member who fled

0:42.9

the home when he heard gunshots. Gay King stabs himself multiple times on the front porch of his

0:48.2

friend's home before taking off again in his blue Ford Focus. Gaking quickly apprehended after

0:53.4

crashing the car, telling officers,

0:55.7

the men in ski masks made him shoot his family. Gaking also claimed the men in ski masks stabbed him,

1:01.8

but later admitted the wounds were self-inflicted. Johnny Gaking, 27, charged with two counts murder

1:07.8

and attempted murder. Michigan Judge Jeffrey Clotheier, shocked by the number of Walmart thefts coming across his bench.

1:16.4

In one day, he sees 37 cases, the total over 100 in just two months.

1:22.5

He decides to act, coming up with a knee punishment for Walmart shoplifters,

1:26.8

mandatory community service at a free car wash he dubs Walmart washes.

1:31.3

Chief Judge William Crawford Jr. vetoes the knee punishment, saying Clothier should have gotten approval before trying to enforce.

1:39.3

Clothier, frustrated by the ruling, still hoping to come up with a creative way to discourage Walmart shoplifters.

1:47.5

Well, talk about a killjoy, Chief Judge William Crawford, Jr.

1:54.7

Maybe they should all come to your house for dinner. More Crime and Justice News after this.

2:03.4

Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news, crime online's John Limley.

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