What the records say
- When
- 29 Apr 2017
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 32.72° N, 96.62° W
- Description
- Killing of an unarmed teenager by a police officer in Texas
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Murder of Jordan Edwards
2017 police murder
On April 29, 2017, Jordan Edwards, a 15-year-old African-American boy, was murdered by police officer Roy Oliver in Balch Springs, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Edwards was shot in the back of the head while riding in the front passenger's seat of a vehicle driving away from officers that attempted to stop it. He was unarmed during the encounter.
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