Fredrick Antonio Edwards, a 28-year-old African American man, was killed on December 25, 2021, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Police were dispatched shortly after 2 a.m. to Beatties Ford Road for reports of a shooting. Officers found two adult males with apparent gunshot wounds; Fredrick Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene and a second victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A third victim with gunshot wounds transported himself to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Homicide Unit led the investigation with several support units at the scene. Authorities identified 30-year-old Bruce Japel Adams as a suspect; he was taken into custody in Snellville, Georgia, on January 27, 2022, and later returned to North Carolina to face charges connected to the killing. Fredrick’s family had suffered a previous loss when his brother Kenneth Edwards was murdered in Charlotte in December 2017.

Anyone with information about the shooting on Beatties Ford Road or who knew Fredrick is asked to come forward.