Cop Who Shot 15-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murder

Roy Oliver killed Jordan Edwards when he shot at car of full of teens

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Jordan Edwards, left, posing for a photo with his father, Odell Edwards. A police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting death of the younger Edwards. (Courtesy of Lee Merritt/Edwards family via AP)
(NEWSER) – A white Texas police officer has been charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager for which the officer was fired, according to an arrest warrant issued Friday. The warrant for Roy Oliver, a former officer in the Dallas suburb of Balch Springs, was issued by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office for the April 29 shooting death of 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, the AP reports.

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