{"id":96509,"date":"2025-07-27T10:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/96509\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:49:39","slug":"drunk-teen-jimmy-connors-killed-groom-to-be-kirk-walker-in-wrong-way-crash-after-night-out-at-nyc-club-new-suit-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/96509\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk teen Jimmy Connors killed groom-to-be Kirk Walker in wrong-way crash after night out at NYC club, new suit alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Long Island teen accused of driving the wrong-way on the Henry Hudson Parkway and killing a man 24 hours before the victim\u2019s wedding<\/a> was allegedly drunk and being chased by an off-duty NYPD cop at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Connors had allegedly spent the night drinking at Nebula on West 41st Street, where staff served him alcohol despite him being \u201cvisibly intoxicated\u201d in the hours before the horrific Aug. 24 collision, according to a lawsuit.<\/a><\/p>\n

After Connors, 17, left the club, he allegedly got behind the wheel of a white Chevy Silverado with Ontario plates and crashed into another car \u2014 prompting off-duty cop Boubacar Barry, who witnessed the wreck, to pursue him in his personal SUV instead of calling 911, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court filing.<\/p>\n

Kirk Walker, a Manhattan dad of three, was just one day from marrying his fianc\u00e9e when he was killed in the head-on crash.<\/p>\n

Both vehicles then barreled south in the northbound lanes of the parkway, where the Silverado slammed head-on into a car driven by Kirk Walker and his cousin, Rob McLaurin, authorities said. <\/p>\n

Walker, 38, was one day from his wedding when he and McLaurin were killed.<\/p>\n

Walker and McLaurin had just left the groom-to-be\u2019s bachelor party and were driving north near West 154th Street in a Dodge Challenger when the 2:20 a.m. crash occurred, said Walker\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Shauntea Weaver, who filed the lawsuit this week against Connors, Barry, Nebula, the NYPD and the city. <\/p>\n

Connors fled after the wreck<\/a>, leaving behind his injured 21-year-old passenger. Police said the passenger tried to run but was caught 30 feet away.<\/p>\n

The deadly 2:20 a.m. wreck happened as Walker and his cousin were returning from the groom-to-be\u2019s bachelor party. G.N.Miller\/NY Post<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams even put up $1,000 of his own money<\/a> to help catch the suspect.<\/p>\n

Connors, of Syosset, was nabbed the next day at the Canadian border<\/a>, limping, bloodied and without ID. Customs agents identified him using NYPD images that allegedly showed him bolting from the crash.<\/p>\n

He was taken back to New York and indicted on charges<\/a> including second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal crash.\u00a0He pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n

His attorney Jonathan Perez previously told The Post that Connors is \u201csick, autistic, has epilepsy\u201d and believes he was manipulated by someone else in the car.<\/p>\n

Connors has been held without bail since his arraignment, the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Connors, 17, was allegedly drunk and fleeing an off-duty NYPD officer when he drove the wrong way on the Henry Hudson Parkway, killing two men. G.N.Miller\/NY Post<\/p>\n

Walker, a Manhattan father of three and rental-car-business owner, was set to marry Weaver in a lavish New Jersey ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cKirk was taken from me just as we were starting our new life together,\u201d Weaver said in a statement released through her attorneys to The Post. \u201cHe was the love of my life \u2026 We\u2019ve been left trying to pick up the pieces of our lives and come to terms with a future without him in it. Our lives will never be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weaver, now the administrator of Walker\u2019s estate, argued in court papers that Barry acted as a cop \u2014 not a civilian \u2014 making the city and NYPD responsible for the unauthorized chase, which she contends isn\u2019t covered by emergency-response laws.<\/p>\n

Nebula also violated the state\u2019s Dram Shop Act, which allows victims to sue bars that serve alcohol to underage or visibly intoxicated patrons who later cause harm, Weaver said in the legal filing.<\/p>\n

Walker\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Shauntea Weaver, is suing the city, NYPD, Nebula nightclub and Connors, alleging negligence and wrongful death.<\/p>\n

Weaver is seeking unspecified damages for wrongful death, conscious pain and suffering, negligence, emotional and psychological loss, funeral expenses and punitive damages.<\/p>\n

The NYPD and Nebula did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesperson for the Mayor\u2019s Office referred questions to the NYPD. <\/p>\n

Connors and Barry could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Long Island teen accused of driving the wrong-way on the Henry Hudson Parkway and killing a man…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":96510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5303,4446,63467,4221,379,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,63468,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-96509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-car-crashes","10":"tag-death","11":"tag-henry-hudson-bridge","12":"tag-homicide","13":"tag-lawsuit","14":"tag-metro","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-newyork","18":"tag-newyorkcity","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-underage-drinking","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-us-news","28":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114924812579889667","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}