Gregory Ray Edwards was a 27-year-old probationary patrolman with the Chicago Police Department when he was killed during an armed robbery on September 29, 1987. He was off duty and staying at the Roberts Motel at 6625 South Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in Chicago when someone banged on his first-floor door. Edwards opened the door, identified himself as a police officer, and a struggle with 24-year-old Marvin Wright followed; Edwards was shot in the head and chest and later pronounced dead at the University of Chicago’s Bernard Mitchell Hospital.

Wright was found hiding in a nearby garage and was arrested and charged in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting. Edwards had been a probationary officer since August 11, 1986, assigned to the Bureau of Staff Services – Education and Training Division and detailed to the 3rd District – Grand Crossing. He served in the Armed Forces from 1979 to 1980, received one Department Commendation and 22 Honorable Mentions, and was buried October 2, 1987, at Washington Memorial Cemetery in Homewood, Illinois.

Did anyone have contact with Officer Edwards at the Roberts Motel that night or have information about the events leading up to the robbery?