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Woman calls 911 about shooting outside — and discovers nephew is dead

 

Bradenton Herald

Tammy Edwards peeped through a window and saw a man sprawled on the street in front of her home.

She called 911. Deputies soon arrived at her Bradenton home.

As Edwards watched, a deputy pointed a flashlight on the man’s face. Edwards recognized him.

“That’s my nephew,” she said.

Kenya Cox, 19, was shot once. He was dead.

Deputies are investigating and following several leads.

On Saturday Edwards placed white orchids in a cup on the spot where her nephew died. The pavement where Cox was found the night before was still wet.

Tom Moore, a neighbor who lives across from Edwards’ home, said a fire truck arrived at about 3 a.m. and washed the blood from the pavement.

On Friday night, Moore said he was home when he heard one gunshot.

“That’s all it was,” he said. “One shot.”

When he looked outside, Moore saw deputies on the street.

Next door, Jennifer Davis also heard one gunshot, and then tires screeching. But she didn’t think anything of the gunshot, she said, because random shots have been fired in that area regularly since New Year’s Eve.

But when she saw flashing lights through her window, she opened the door and saw deputies.

“I was just shocked that it happened so close to home,” she said. “It’s a shame.”

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