Deputy in California slayings killed self with service gun

[discocrisco01]

Source: Associated Press

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who police say traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm, authorities said Saturday.

Austin Lee Edwards, 28, drove across the country and on Nov. 25 killed the girl’s mother and grandparents and set fire to their home in Riverside, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.

That same day, Edwards died by suicide during a shootout with San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies. The teenage girl was rescued.

“Our detectives determined the gun used was Edwards’ department-issued semi-automatic service pistol,” sheriff’s spokeswoman Gloria Huerta said in a statement.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/deputy-california-slayings-killed-service-gun-94946359

[RandySF]

1. I would have handed that fucker the gun, myself.

[LudwigPastorius]

2. I'll say it again.

If you're going to be one of those psychos that engages in a murder-suicide, do us all a favor and do the "suicide" part first.

[Aristus]

7. Amen.

[RainCaster]

13. This is what the NRA should be teaching

I've been saying this for years

[secondwind]

4. What a horror story.......

[Warpy]

5. He was 28

and I have to wonder just how many underage girls he was successful with.

[IronLionZion]

6. These murderous child abusers really need to just kill themselves at home first

it would save everyone a lot of heartache.

And I'm sure Qanon is looking into these assholes.

[iluvtennis]

8. Crazy fker. n/t

[littlewolf]

9. too bad ... correctional officers need jobs too ..

worked as one for 10 years ...
convicted cops usually ended up in
segregation unit ... 23 hours a day 1 hour rec and shower ..
no contact with anyone but staff .. visits thru glass and a phone..
canteen once a week ... phone calls (collect) once a month.

[Curtis]

11. The stories I could tell...

Hired right in the academy and worked undercover for a while. The things I saw....

[Chalco]

14. Please tell...eom

[Icanthinkformyself]

12. A better

system to screen police recruits is needed. Like, not allowing KKK members to become cops. Or people with pedophilic tendencies, antisemites, that kinda thing.

[littlewolf]

15. alot of that is SUSPOSE to happen at the academy

if not there then on the job ...

we had a guy in the navy ... 20 years final TS with a full scope poly
background check whole 9 yds ... at his retirement he told the command
that he had been in the klan before coming in ... and how shitty their
clearance investigations were ... hoo boy did things get good ...
after that we got poly, every 5 years ... when it was time to redo
your clearance... and often it was more often ...
don't know if it helped or not ... I never had problems ...
but I didn't do stupid shit ...

[Probatim]

16. He should have started and ended with that shot.

Leave the family alone and do us all a favor.