In 2017, Edwards’ son Leland Butler was killed while driving about 3 miles from where Sentonio was shot. He had just turned 18.

“It turns you cold,” Edwards said of losing two children. She has four other children to look after. “I can’t just sit back and go crazy … because I’ve got other people who need me.”

Edwards said the last time she saw her son, they were teasing and razzing each other.

“I told him, ‘I love you, little boy,’ and he said ‘I love you too, Mama, but you still got a fat head,’” she recalled.

Edwards said she worries for her children and cautions her sons, “you can win battles by walking away.”

“I tell my sons I love them every day,” Edwards said. “If they can’t tell you nothing else, they could tell you: ‘Our mama loves us and she would do anything for us.’”

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