Overview
- Jail records show 71-year-old Barbara Edwards has been booked into the Fulton County Jail on charges that include murder, second-degree cruelty to children and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
- Atlanta homicide investigators previously obtained arrest warrants for Edwards and 35-year-old Jermaine Hardeman on felony murder and related charges in the death of Armani Deshawn Lyons.
- Hardeman’s custody status remains unclear, and police said they had no specific information that the named suspects left the area during the search.
- Lyons, age 3, was found shot at an apartment on the 900 block of Washington Street on Easter Sunday, April 5, and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Investigators have not released what led to the shooting or a motive, and relatives say Edwards had babysat the child as the family mourns and presses for answers.