Jordan Edwards was a 15-year-old African-American boy shot and killed by police officer Roy Oliver in Balch Springs, Texas, on April 29, 2017. Edwards was unarmed and riding in the front passenger seat of a vehicle that was driving away from officers who had responded to a 911 call about underage people drinking at a party. Officer Oliver fired three rifle rounds into the car, striking Edwards in the head.

The vehicle contained Edwards’s 16-year-old brother, who was driving, two other brothers and two friends. Officers reported hearing gunshots upon arrival and initially said the car had backed toward them; after body-worn camera review, Police Chief Jonathan Haber acknowledged the car was moving away. Oliver, armed with a Modern Carbine MC5 rifle, was fired from the Balch Springs Police Department and arrested on May 5, 2017.

The case produced a criminal trial that ended on August 28, 2018, with Roy Oliver found guilty of murder and sentenced to 15 years, and a subsequent civil jury awarded Edwards’s family $26 million for wrongful death and constitutional violations. Anyone who knew Jordan or witnessed events that night is asked to come forward with information.