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“There were no weapons involved; there was no aggressive behavior; these were not suspects,” said Lee Merritt, a lawyer for the family of 15-year-old shooting victim, Jordan Edwards. The lone motive they had for the murder was that the vehicle was being used as a weapon, and now that is no longer there.”

These are the devastating facts surrounding the case involving 15-year-old, Jordan Edwards who was shot and killed by Roy Oliver, a white officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs, Texas.

The Backstory

"Edwards was shot and killed Saturday night as he and a group of friends were leaving a house party. The party had attracted a ton of teens so a neighbor called police, worried about possible underage drinking.

After Balch Springs officers showed up to break up the party, the teens scattered, including Edwards and a few of his friends, who piled into a car driven by his older brother. The car then took off.

One officer shot into the vehicle with a rifle as it was driving away, hitting Edwards in the head. He was sitting in the front seat, according to the Balch Springs Police Department. Originally Balch Springs Police Chief Jonathan Haber had said the officer fired after the car drove 'aggressively' toward him and another cop -- but he later said he misspoke.

Body camera footage showed the car was driving forward, away from the officers, not reversing toward them as he originally reported. The officer's behavior "did not meet our core values,' Haber said." ( Via CNN)

Aftermath

Since the shooting, officer Oliver has been fired and is still awaiting a full investigation of the incident. Unfortunately, we have seen far too many of these cases end with a slap on the wrist for these officers. As with every similar case, we hope that justice prevails and the family of the victim can have some sort of solace in knowing that their loved one's killer is paying for his actions, but unfortunately that is never the case. Instead, these killings are now commonplace.