15-year-old should have started spring practice, his family received word that the officer who killed him had been fired. after reviewing the findings, i have made the decision to terminate roy oliver employment with the balch springs police department. roy oliver was responding to a neighbor s complaint about noise and possible underage drinking. oliver and his partner were looking for the homeowner when they said they heard what sounded like gunfire. oliver then ran into the street and fired his rifle into the car that edwards was in hitting the teenager in the front passenger seat. police department department chief originally said that the car reversed aggressively toward the officer. but after review of the body camera footage, he acknowledged that wasn t the case. oliver, an army veteran twice deployed to iraq, is now charged with murder. the edwards family praised the decision to fire oliver saying they ll seek justice for their son.
terminate roy oliver employment with the balch springs police department. reporter: roy oliver was responding to a neighbor s complaint about noise and possible underage drinking. oliver and his partner were looking for the homeowner when they said they heard what sounded like gunfire. oliver then ran foot street and fired his rifle into the car that edwards was in, hitting the teenager in the front passenger seat. police department chief haber originally said that car reversed aggressively toward the officer but after review of the body camera to theagfootage tha the case. oliver an army veteran twice deployed to iraq is charged with murder. the edwards family praised the decision to fire oliver saying they will seek justice for their son and tweeted, quote, we fully expect an equivalent response from those responsible for investigating and punishing crime. the family has asked for privacy in their time of mourning and