Man pleads guilty in Minneapolis crash that killed Federal Reserve employee

A man has pleaded guilty to causing a crash near downtown Minneapolis that killed a woman and injured several others last fall.

Talon Walker entered guilty pleas to one count of criminal vehicular homicide and two counts of criminal vehicular operation on Friday, court documents show. He was charged with several other counts, but they were dropped as part of a plea agreement.

A criminal complaint states Walker was going about 100 mph at the time of the crash, which occurred along the exit ramp from Interstate 94 east near Lyndale Avenue on Oct. 23, 2024. Charges said there was an open, partially full bottle of liquor on the driver’s side floorboard of Walker’s car. 

The crash killed Natalie Gubbay, an employee at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis who was driving one of the vehicles Walker hit. At least two others were severely injured.

Court records indicate Walker had a revoked license and previous convictions for careless driving and driving with an open bottle and a controlled substance.   

Walker is expected to receive 90 to 120 months in prison at his Oct. 2 sentencing, according to the plea agreement.