Grand Prairie TX man sentenced to life in prison in killings of his wife and stepson. In his testimony, he claimed he shot them in self-defense.
Rickey Edwards slams the witness stand in frustration while testifying before the jury as he represents himself at his capital murder trial in Criminal District Court No. 2 at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in Fort Worth on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Edwards was found guilty Monday of shooting to death Portia Williams-Edwards and Kameion Kitchen on May 3, 2020, in Grand Prairie.
He dreamed of playing pool and watching television in a theater room at the newly constructed house in Grand Prairie after the couple completed the move in May 2020.insisted on cleanliness and erupted when her husband placed clothing on a bed that was among four in the house thattelephoned one her one two adult sons.
The arrival of his stepson, 28-year-old Kameion Kitchen, was a surprise to Edwards and Kitchen struck Edwards and knocked him out, Edwards said.“I was begging for my life,” Edwards said on Friday as he testified at his trial.Edwards’ storytelling grew vague when describing his final encounter with his wife and stepson. He appeared to acknowledge that he shot both.Edwards fired 10 rounds from a Glock pistol into Kitchen, prosecutors alleged, and he shot Williams-Edwards twice in the head.
After 14 minutes of deliberation, a jury in Criminal District Court No. 2 in Tarrant County on Monday morning rejected the defense argument that the killings were justified by self-defense and found Edwards guilty of capital murder. Tarrant County Assistant Criminal District Attorney Robert Huseman questions Rickey Edwards about the gun he used to kill his wife and stepson. Edwards represented himself at his capital murder trial in Criminal District Court No. 2 at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in Fort Worth on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Edwards was found guilty Monday of shooting to death Portia Williams-Edwards and Kameion Kitchen on May 3, 2020, in Grand Prairie.
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