Omari Edwards, 22, was brought to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital around 11:15 p.m. on March 12, 2021, suffering from a single gunshot wound to his leg. Medical staff were unable to stop the bleeding and Edwards died after the wound severed a vital artery.

Law enforcement opened an investigation into the shooting. The death was not initially classified as a homicide. A relative told police the firearm had been in Edwards’s waistband and accidentally discharged, striking his leg. Authorities continued probing to determine the precise sequence of events that produced the fatal injury. No public announcements have been made linking any arrests to the shooting itself.

Separately, several altercations occurred at the hospital after Edwards was brought in. Two men were arrested for disturbances there: 22-year-old Rayquan Bryant on charges including harassment, disorderly conduct, obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest, and 23-year-old Oliver Janvier on a charge of obstructing governmental administration. Those arrests were related to the hospital incidents and not to Edwards’s death.

If anyone has information about what happened to Omari Edwards that night, please share details with investigators.