Overview
- Boynton Beach police say Edwards, 21, was taken into custody with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
- Edwards faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and firing a weapon in public or on residential property.
- Police say rival gang members exchanged gunfire into a crowd of roughly 400–500 at the unsanctioned “Peace in the Hood” event at Sara Sims Park on July 5.
- Three women were injured, including one with a fractured leg and two with gunshot wounds to the femur and knee.
- Four others—Jamarion Kelyon Petty, Kenneth Hollis, Javon Johnson, and D’Andre Leger—were previously arrested, and the status of a named suspect, 19-year-old Tevens Bradley, remains unclear.