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Corporal Matthew
Edwards
Taylor Police Department, Michigan
End of Watch:
Friday, July 23, 2010
Age:
31
Years on the job:
5 yrs, 7mo.
Badge Number:
227
Cause of death:
Shot and killed
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Police officer
Matthew Edwards
was shot and killed in an
early-morning exchange of gunfire. Corporal Matthew Edwards, 31, of the
Taylor Police Department, was responding to a call about a breaking and
entering of a home in an apartment complex on Pine Street near Telegraph and
Northline Roads, in Taylor, Michigan.
After arriving at the scene, the Taylor Police Department say that two of
their officers observed a man trying to enter an
apartment through a window. While his partner walked towards the building,
Edwards approached the suspect and began speaking to him. The suspect pulled
out a gun and shot at the officer. Edwards and his partner then opened fire
on the suspect, who police say is 36-year-old Tyress Matthews from Westland,
which resulted in a volley of bullets being exchanged. Residents told
investigators that they heard between 15 and 20 gun shots in the shootout,
and saw Edwards lying on the ground near his vehicle and screaming for help
for about five minutes.
Edwards and Matthews were taken to Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, where
Edwards was pronounced dead. Matthews underwent surgery, and is reported to
have non-life threatening injuries. The second officer was not injured in
the incident. The Michigan State Police and officers from the nearby cities
of Allen Park and Romulus are assisting the Taylor PD in investigating the
incident. Taylor police Commander Dan Crowell said while the initial report
was of a break-in, it was more likely a domestic disturbance. Matthews has
"quite a lengthy criminal history".
Matthew Edwards, a five-year veteran of the Taylor Police Department, is
survived by his wife Shannon and two children, Luke, 8, and Moriah, 6.
Before returning to his hometown of Taylor in January 2005, Edwards was with
the Detroit Police Department. He is the first Taylor police officer to be
killed in the line of duty since it formed in the 1930s. In 2008, Edwards
was named Officer of the Year by the Police Officers Association of Michigan
for shooting a drunken knife-wielding man who was attempting to commit
suicide-by-police.
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Walk tall, walk tall and protect us from above with honor and dignity.
May you lead the charge for
citizens right in heaven as you did here on earth
Darrell Thompson
Privet Security Officer St. Clair Co. MI,
Community College Campus Patrol #14
darrell@policespecial.com
www.sc4.edu
Rest in peace, and
may God allow him to keep watch
over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out to the
Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.
From all the Staff at Police Special
Inc.
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