Brandon Edwards Sr., a 37-year-old man from Corpus Christi remembered by family as a devoted family man who enjoyed joking with loved ones, was fatally shot on April 7, 2022, on the 1400 block of Maryland Drive in Corpus Christi. The Corpus Christi Police Department opened a homicide investigation after officers responded to the scene.

Within the week that followed, investigators identified two suspects and secured murder warrants. Deontaye Carter, 41, was located at a residence on the 6900 block of Everhart Road and arrested; he was charged with murder and booked on a $1 million bond. On the evening of April 14, 2022, Alonzo Jackson, 44, turned himself in and was charged with murder, held at the Nueces County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Both men were in custody and facing murder charges as of April 2022. If anyone has information about Edwards, the shooting, or the events on Maryland Drive that night, please share what is known.