RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police was a Virginia law enforcement officer who police believe drove across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family.
Austin Lee Edwards, 28, also likely set fire to the family’s home in Riverside on the day of the shooting Nov. 25 before leaving with the girl, the Riverside Police Department said in a news release.
