{"id":462621,"date":"2026-10-11T02:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T02:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/462621\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T02:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T02:18:10","slug":"richland-football-player-katron-walker-killed-in-car-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/462621\/","title":{"rendered":"Richland football player Katron Walker killed in car wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Richland<\/p>\n

Richland runs out onto the field before the game against Highland Park on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Abigail Dollins<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Richland High School football player Katron Walker Jr. was killed Saturday in a car wreck, Royals head coach Ged Kates confirmed to the Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n

Walker, 17, was a junior wide receiver. Details about the wreck were not available.<\/p>\n

Family member Lakisha Johnson announced the death on Facebook, referring to Walker by his nickname \u201cKane.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we know that earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal, but right now, we are heartbroken, devastated, shocked, and at a loss for words,\u201d she posted. \u201cYet, even in the midst of this pain, we still trust God. And I have to believe that Kane fulfilled his purpose, even at just 17 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walker transferred to Richland this season from Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

His father, Katron Walker, posted on Facebook:<\/p>\n

\u201cI just [can\u2019t] take it I love you son I wish it was me.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richland runs out onto the field before the game against Highland Park on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-462621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}