Rusty Alan Edwards

How they died

Deadly force

Edwards went to a pool party armed with a rifle. A man told him to leave it at home. Edwards shot him in the shoulder, then returned to his apartment. Partygoers told officers about Edwards and pointed to his residence. When officers approached, he shot at them. They shot back, then called for a SWAT team. SWAT officers found Edwards on a second-floor balcony, dead of multiple gunshot wounds. The fatal wound may have been self-inflicted.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Rusty Alan Edwards, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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