Death by Cop- 2022

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James Thomas Edwards

Case # :1389

Gender : Male

Age : 50

Race : Unknown

Date : 09/30/2022

Location : Unknown

City : Pascagoula

County : Jackson

State : Mississippi

Agency : Pascagoula PD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Blunt force trauma

Event : Fell from height during police chase

Disposition : No criminal charges

Open Records Summary :

Police chased Edwards for undisclosed reasons before he jumped off the bridge. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies had been chasing him on a highway outside Pascagoula but backed off when he reached the city limits. He said Edwards continued to speed through the city until a tire on his vehicle blew out on the bridge whereupon he jumped. He missed the water and landed on the hard ground below and died.

Source Links :

https://www.wlox.com/2022/10/02/police-man-died-jumping-bridge-amid-chase/