The Baltimore Police Department along with the FBI’s Baltimore and Washington offices will announce Wednesday morning a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person who fatally stabbed a Morgan State University student in September, officials said.
Marcus Edwards, 21, was walking off-campus about a mile from the school on Sept. 19, 2016 when he was stabbed and died from his injuries. The attack occurred near Loch Raven Boulevard and Woodbourne Avenue in Baltimore.
Edwards, who was from Washington, D.C. aspired to be come a police officer, officials said. After graduating from high school in 2013, he attended Kentucky State University but transferred to Morgan to be closer to family, his mother and aunt said. His mother said he had attended the Junior Police Academy with the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C., and for the past four years would participate in ride-alongs and volunteer to do odd jobs for the department.
"He was working very hard. He’s the oldest of six kids and wanted to be an example," his mother said.
In the summer, he did administrative work for the U.S. Department of the Treasury and worked part-time at a Chipotle restaurant, and was very active in his church, his mother and aunt said.
In the days after the stabbing, police spokesman T.J. Smth asked the public to come forward with tips.
A flyer from Baltimore Police seeking information about the stabbing of Morgan State student Marcus Edwards.
A flyer from Baltimore Police seeking information about the stabbing of Morgan State student Marcus Edwards.
"We don’t know what the motive in this was," Smith said. "At this time, we cannot rule out robbery. There doesn’t appear there was any major confrontation prior to this."
No weapon was recovered from the scene, he said.
Edwards’ mother, Nicole Ausberry-Brooks, said at the time that her son "had an infectious spirit," and "not a mean bone in his body. He was perfect. He was a perfect child."
Edward’s homicide is being investigated jointly by the FBI Baltimore Field Office and the Baltimore Police Department, and officials ask that anyone with information call the FBI at 410-265-8080 or the Baltimore Police Department at 410-396-2100.
Our editors found this article on this site using Google and regenerated it for our readers.
