Saturday, November 12, 2011

A black man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer outside an apartment complex

A Wayne County Circuit Court jury in Detroit reached its guilty verdict in the trial of African-American Tyress Mathews. Cpl. Matthew Edwards was slain on July 23, 2010 as he and his partner investigated a breaking and entering report. Authorities said that the 37-year-old Mathews shot the 31-year-old Edwards and was then wounded by the officer's partner.

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