Sixty-six minutes.
That’s how much time passed from when cops were called on April 29 to a house party in the Dallas suburbs, until Jordan Edwards — a 15-year-old honors student — was pronounced dead from a police rifle shot.
The police officer who shot the round, Roy Oliver, was fired from the Balch Springs Police Department and arrested Friday for murder.
His arrest warrant reveals new details of how police responded to the incident, including actions taken by another responding officer.
While details are still emerging about that fateful night, here’s a rundown of the moments before, during and after the deadly encounter.
Call to the house
Oliver and another officer, identified as T. Gross, are called at 11 p.m. to a Balch Springs home where there were reports of teens drinking and walking around. The warrant doesn’t indicate if other police are called to the house.
“Rapid” sounds
The cops arrive at the house and tell several of attendees to leave. While speaking to the party’s host, their body camera footage records the sound of “rapid” bursts that resembles gunfire outside the home.
Response
Gross runs outside to where the shooting sound is heard. Oliver goes to his squad car to retrieve a Modern Carbine MC5 rifle. Authorities haven’t revealed why he opted for the rifle.
Gross approaches a moving black Chevrolet Impala carrying Jordan, his two 16-year-old brothers and two friends. He tells the driver to stop, but the car continues to move slowly in reverse. Gross then displays his firearm and tells the driver to stop.
The car briefly stops, then begins to drive forward. Gross walks up to the passenger side and “punches” the rear window with his gun.
The shots
At this point, Oliver arrives with the rifle. He stands an unknown distance behind and to the left of Gross. Oliver fires several shots at the Impala as it drives past. One round strikes Jordan in the head.
“Jordan is dead. He’s dead!”
The car keeps driving down the street. Maxwell Everette, one of the friends in the car, told local ABC affiliate WFAA the teens yell, “Jordan is dead. He’s dead!”
Maxwell and his brother, Maximus, call their mother, while Jordan’s brothers call their father.
Cops arrive moments later to make a felony stop of the car. Officers realize that Jordan is dead.
The four teens are taken to a police station. There are conflicting statements afterward on whether Jordan’s brothers are arrested.
Looking for Jordan
After getting a call from his sons, Odell Edwards rushes to his car and begins looking around for his son.
“I just got in my car and drove all over town looking for Jordan, looking for the boys, looking for my car. I drove up and down every street I could — and nothing. I couldn’t find them anywhere,” he told the Daily News last week.
Medical response
An ambulance arrives, but it’s not clear when it was called. Medics transport Jordan before midnight to Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas — less than 15 miles away.
A doctor at the hospital declares Jordan dead at 12:06 a.m. on April 30.
