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Mark Edwards

Case from Topeka, KS dated Apr 28, 2020

Victim Details

Mark Edwards

Male

Black / African American

Topeka

KS

2020-04-28

37

Mark

Edwards

07/07/2026

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In the late hours of a spring Tuesday in Topeka, Kansas, the life of Mark Edwards, a 37-year-old Black / African American man, was tragically cut short. On April 28, 2020, at approximately 11:25 p.m., the Shawnee County Emergency Communications Center received reports of gunfire in the 1400 block of S.E. 14th Street. Officers arrived to find Mark Edwards with life-threatening injuries from which he would not recover; he was pronounced dead at the scene. This incident marked the sixth homicide in ...
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  • KSNT News: Shooting, body found in east Topeka related, says Topeka police
  • Second body found near shooting scene in SE Topeka
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