Keene teenager gets 27 years to life in fatal shooting

Jun 04, 2026 at 06:15 am


Staff reports  7:14 a.m. KEENE – A Swanzey man was sentenced on Wednesday to 27 years to life in state prison for the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts man last June 25 in a Keene parking lot.Thomas Pickford, 18, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to reckless second-degree murder.Christian G. Walker, 17, of Orange, Mass., died of a single gunshot wound to his abdomen the morning of July 25, 2025.Pickford was a minor when the shooting occurred and his identity was...

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