Police Found No Alcohol or Drugs at Party Where Cop Shot Jordan Edwards

Published June 28, 2017 • Updated on June 28, 2017 at 4:37 pm

No teenagers were drinking or using drugs at an April 29 party broken up by Balch Springs police, despite a 911 call that ultimately led to a deadly confrontation between an officer and 15-year-old Jordan Edwards.

This week's revelation by a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity and an attorney for the boy's family accompanied the results of Jordan's autopsy, which they say shows the teen had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system when he died.

Roy Oliver, the officer who shot Jordan, was later fired and arrested on a murder charge. Oliver is white, and Jordan was black.