The same jury took about the same amount of time on Tuesday to find Wilson guilty of murder in the shooting death of 62-year-old James Walsh. Walsh was killed on the porch of a residence in the 1200 block of Austin Avenue shortly before 10:30 p.m. on July 31, 2020. He was shot once in the torso and once in the head.

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - A Wichita County Jury has found Jimmy Wilson guilty of the murder of 62-year-old James Walsh on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The verdict was given after 33 minutes of deliberation from the jury. Wilson was sentenced to life in jail.

After multiple delays, a 73-year-old man is facing a judge and jury more than four years after he was accused of fatally shooting James Walsh on his porch in downtown Wichita Falls more than four years ago.

Jimmy Harold Wilson, 78, second from left, was found guilty of murder Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, in 30th District Court for the 2020 shooting death of James Frances Walsh Jr., 62. Jurors saw video of a police interview with Wilson shortly after he was apprehended in Clay County the day after the shooting.