With no information from police on a possible suspect, no arrest in the case and no charges filed, TC’s enormous family of friends is filling the hole in its collective heart by continuing to work toward a bigger reward fund and spreading the word in hopes that someone will come forward with enough evidence to put away his killer.
On February 17, 2020, a man named TC Edwards would have turned 49 years old. But instead of celebrating a birthday, his friends hunt for his killer with the help of a Little Rock detective.
In Little Rock, Feb. 17, 2020, is officially TC Edwards Day after a proclamation made last week by Mayor Frank Scott Jr.
A Pulaski County prosecutor today asked that five counts pending against Andre Demetrius Smalley be dropped, including three counts involving the alleged aggravated robbery of Little Rock musician Terry Charles “TC” Edwards.
The best friend of Little Rock musician TC Edwards, who was killed on December 7 in Little Rock, said that $5,000 in donations left over after Edwards’ funeral service and burial have been put toward a reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Edwards’ killer. That brings the total amount of rewards offered for information in the case to $6,000.
TC Edwards had hundreds of friends. If you were among them or even somewhere on the periphery, your Facebook feed has been dominated by tributes and photos and news of benefit concerts.
Terry Charles “TC” Edwards, the lead singer of TC and The Eddies, TC and The Ponies and The Piranhas and one of the most familiar and beloved faces in the Little Rock music scene over the last 25 years, was found shot to death Sunday, Dec. 7, according to friends. He was 43.
Little Rock police are still withholding identification on a 40-year-old man found with a fatal gunshot wound about 4 a.m. Sunday at 2221 Howard Street. However, authorities tell me they believe the victim is TC Edwards, a well-known figure on the local music scene.