On the night of May 22, 2021, 22-year-old Shane A. Edwards Jr. was shot while riding in a car on Route 28 near the Route 8 exit in Etna. The vehicle was traveling south at about 2:00 a.m. when another car pulled alongside and multiple shots were fired into Edwards’ vehicle. A witness riding with him heard a popping noise several miles down the road and realized Edwards had been struck; he was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators traced the dispute that appears to have preceded the highway shooting to Zone 28, an entertainment complex in Harmar Township, where Edwards and a witness had been earlier that night and left around 1:45 a.m. A white Kia was seen leaving immediately after them. Months later authorities arrested two men, Howard Milligan and Leroy Irvin Jr., and court documents say Irvin told police Milligan shot because he believed the occupants of Edwards’ car were responsible for his sister’s death. The same two men were also linked to a separate fatal shooting that night on the Parkway East.

If anyone knew Shane, was at Zone 28 that night, or has information about who was driving either car, please come forward.