News4’s Darcy Spencer was at Marcus Edwards’s funeral when D.C. police named him an honorary officer.
A D.C. native and Morgan State University student stabbed to death in September was talking to his girlfriend on his cellphone while walking to see her when he was attacked, Baltimore police said.
Marcus Edwards, 21, died Sept. 19 after he was stabbed off campus in Baltimore, police said. He was attacked about a mile north of campus about 10:30 p.m.
"He was not in a confrontation with anyone," Baltimore police Chief Detective Stanley Brandford said. "His girlfriend heard what she thought was a scuffle, and the last words that she heard from Marcus was 'someone just stabbed me.'"
Wednesday at the intersection where Edwards was stabbed, the FBI announced a $20,000 reward for information about the case. Edwards' mother and brother were there for the announcement.
Nicole Ausberry-Brooks said she doesn't sleep at night and rarely looks at her son's pictures.
"He wouldn't hurt a fly," she said. "Wouldn't have hurt anybody. We're hoping this helps someone say something."
Edwards was the oldest of six children.
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"It's hard to see my mom struggle through this," Maurice Edwards said. "That was her best friend. He was the first born, so it's hard for me as well, growing up with someone and then them not being there."
Marcus Edwards, who grew up in D.C., was studying social work and planned to become a police officer when he graduated. He volunteered every summer at D.C.'s 2nd District station.
The Metropolitan Police Department named Edwards an honorary officer at his funeral at Judah Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Mitchelville, Maryland.
He also worked at the U.S. Mint, which also named him an honorary officer.
