On August 19, 2021, 34-year-old Alyse Edwards was shot and killed in her apartment on Eakin Road in Columbus, Ohio. Police found Edwards with a gunshot wound to her abdomen; she was taken to a hospital and died shortly after. Witnesses reported a loud argument between Edwards and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Cortez Jackson, immediately before the gunshot.

Jackson was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, tampering with evidence, and having weapons while under disability. At trial the defense changed accounts: Jackson first said someone else shot Edwards, then testified he was trying to wrestle the gun away from her when it accidentally discharged. A Franklin County jury on April 6, 2023 found him guilty of one count of murder and tampering with evidence, acquitted him on the second murder count, and convicted him of possessing a weapon under disability; sentencing was scheduled for June 1, 2023.

Edwards and Jackson had three children; their 3-year-old daughter was in the apartment at the time. Does anyone have information about Alyse, the household, or what happened that morning?