Looks like they delayed Steven Walker’s initial court appearance until this morning. At that time it should be expected that he will plead “not guilty” in Canton Municipal Court. Walker has apparently refused to speak to the investigators about what happened that night. Information is spotty.

Except for the locale of the fatal shooting — an area known to police as a trouble spot near the Alan Page Drive apartment buildings — investigators were still trying to piece together Friday night’s events by attempting to interview several friends and family members who were with Cheek, Angelo said.

Walker and Cheek, he said, apparently arrived at the gas station in separate vehicles about 10:40 p.m. Friday. Shortly thereafter, they got into a pushing and shoving match inside the store, Angelo said.

As Walker fell into a rack of candy, the sergeant said, Cheek left the store.

“The suspect must have followed him out, and from what we’ve heard, he was trying to run for his car when he was shot,” Angelo said.

The victim was shot once in the back, Angelo said.

Investigators have not been able to determine how the fight started.

“The people we’ve talked to aren’t really sure, and the suspect refused to speak (to us),” Angelo said. “I guess it was just circumstances that they bumped into each other there.”

They apparently had known each other for a long time, Angelo said.

He said the store had a video surveillance camera running, but it ran out of tape before the fight began.

Angelo said investigators have not been able to recover the gun used in the shooting.

His former high school coach expressed shock over the whole thing.