City of Columbia Missouri Police Department

600 E. Walnut Street
Columbia, MO 65201

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 1, 2014

CONTACT: Sgt Joe Bernhard
Public Relations Unit/Mounted Unit Supervisor
573-441-5470
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Update On West Texas Avenue Homicide

(COLUMBIA, MO) -

                         Update on West Texas Avenue Homicide


On 0414, at approximately 7:00 P.M., Darrius Kendall Edwards was
released from medical treatment and taken into custody and transported
to the Boone County Jail for the April 22nd homicide of Derrick Brookins.
Edwards was arrested on a warrant for Murder in the Second Degree with
a bond amount of $1,000,000.00. Edwards' mug shot photo is available at
the Boone County Jail website, www.boonecountymo.org/sheriff.


                                  Case Number 2014-004461



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To serve the public equitably through democratic, transparent and efficient government.

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