In the early morning of May 17, 2014, 28-year-old Jonathan Bradley Coles of Hampton, Virginia, was found inside a residence near Newport News Avenue and Shell Road with a fatal gunshot wound to his upper torso. Officers were flagged down just before 5:30 a.m.; his mother, Margaret Eaddy, later said he was shot as he was coming out the door, suggesting the shooter may have been lying in wait.

Authorities identified 25-year-old Kwaume Laray Edwards of Newport News as a suspect and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous. Edwards had past homicide-related arrests from 2006 and 2011 that did not result in convictions. He later barricaded himself at an Extended Stay America hotel in Newport News for nearly two hours before surrendering to police.

In August 2016 Edwards pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Coles’s death and was sentenced to 43 years, with 12 years to be actively served. Coles left behind four children; his mother became an advocate against gun violence after his death.

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