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Top Stories: Fired Balch Springs Officer Faces Murder Charges; Fort Worth City Council Race Heats Up

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The top local stories this evening from KERA News: A former Balch Springs police officer has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a black 15-year-old Jordan Edwards. A judge issued an arrest warrant Friday afternoon for Roy Oliver the day before Edwards’ funeral. As KERA’s Bill Zeeble reports, there are lots of questions – and sorrow – over what happened.