WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A not too long ago employed Florida man shot two of his coworkers, killing one, final week, based on an affidavit.
On Jan. 17, the Palm Seaside County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to Coastal Metallic, situated at 9040 Belvedere Street, after a 911 caller mentioned the shooter was a more recent worker who shot their coworkers.
Kolby Daniel Edwards, 21, of West Palm Seaside was discovered pinned down by different staff inside a welding station within the warehouse.
One sufferer was discovered shot within the head, whereas the second sufferer was discovered shot within the left shoulder. Each males had been taken to a close-by hospital the place the person with the gunshot wound to the pinnacle died.
After deputies handcuffed Edwards, he requested him if the blood on him was “his personal or mine or his.” The affidavit mentioned that whereas within the patrol car, Edwards yelled out the window, “Inform Pops I am sorry. Did anybody get hit apart from Pop? The older man, the gentleman?”
Based on the affidavit, the sufferer shot within the shoulder was the person “Pop” to whom Edwards was referring.
The supervisor of the warehouse instructed detectives that Edwards was employed on Dec. 16 as an assistant to the sufferer he shot within the head.
The morning of the incident, the supervisor mentioned he heard gunshots and noticed Edwards standing over the sufferer with a firearm, making an attempt to reload the gun. One other witness mentioned they heard 4 loud bangs and noticed Edwards firing the gun a number of occasions because the vicitm was mendacity on the bottom.
Edwards was arrested on fees of first-degree homicide with a firearm and aggravated battery with a firearm.
