GUILTY MI - Cpl. Matthew Edwards, 31, shot to death, Taylor, 23 July 2010

[BetteDavisEyes]

Young officer leaves behind a wife and two young children. First officer to be killed in the line of duty in the city of Taylor, Michigan.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/24364928/detail.html

http://detnews.com/article/20100723/METRO01/7230402/Honored-Taylor-cop-fatally-shot-in-line-of-duty

 

[LaLaw2000]

I am so sorry to know of this! May God bless and keep Cpl. Edwards family and friends.

 

[panthera]

:cry: :cry:

Rest in peace, Cpl. Edwards :rose:

 

[Filly]

Prayers for Cpl. Edwards family. May he rest in peace.

Senseless. had an extensive criminal record including robbery and assault with intent to murder? shouldn't have been on the street.:furious:

 

[KeyboardCat]

To Protect and Serve. You gave your life to protect another.

God Bless You and your family, Cpl. Edwards.

I pray for God to comfort those who are mourning. Let such a sacrifice never be forgotten.

 

[OkieGranny]

From July 2015:

http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/07/24/news/doc55b15356dff7f917666301.txt

Early in the morning on July 23, 2010, Edwards and his partner, Cpl. Greg Piche, responded to an irate man pounding on his ex-wife's door at the Coppertree Apartments, in the area of North Line and Telegraph roads..

While Edwards and Piche were assessing the situation, the killer retrieved a pistol from a bag and shot Edwards several times. Piche exchanged gunfire with the man, Tyress Mathews, 37, of Westland, who was wounded and taken into custody.

Mathews, who had a lengthy criminal history, was later found guilty of first-degree murder and murder of a peace officer. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.