The father of Jordan Edwards, a teenager shot and killed by former Balch Springs police officer Roy Oliver, took the stand on Wednesday in the civil trial against the officer.
Odell Edwards told the jury that he has nightmares where he hears his son, Jordan, screaming.Edwards also told the story about hearing his 15-year-old son's death in the early morning hours from the Balch Springs police chief.
"Once they started pulling forward the officer started shooting. He shot him like 5 times," he told FOX 4 outside the courthouse. "He was out of the street, the car wasn't going to hit him. He was not in danger." "There were kids up and down Shepherd Lane. Anybody could have been hit. My in-laws stay on the next street, second house to the corner. It could have hit them," Mickens said.
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