In the late hours of April 28, 2020, Mark Edwards, a 37-year-old Black / African American man, was shot in the 1400 block of S.E. 14th Street in Topeka, Kansas. Officers were dispatched about 11:25 p.m. after reports of gunfire; Edwards was found with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was recorded as the city’s sixth homicide that year.

The next morning, around 9:30 a.m., a deceased man identified as 36-year-old Zennie L. Vasser Jr. was found in the 1300 block of SE Locust Street, near the shooting location. Investigators determined the two deaths were connected and said Vasser was the person who shot Edwards. According to the preliminary investigation, a witness to the initial shooting is believed to have shot Vasser in what authorities described as self-defense; police said they were not looking for any other suspects.

Edwards is described in the report as a father and brother. Does anyone have information about that night or knew Mark Edwards that could help fill in what happened?