Edwin “Eddie” Heath Sr. (King of Hearts, Delaware)

[Instrumental music] On the afternoon of May 13th, 2015, Eddie Heath's mother, Dr.

Crystal Heath, who prefers to be called Dr.

Crystal, was off work recovering from knee surgery.

She'd had a physical therapy appointment that day, and then picked up some takeout Chinese on the way home for her and her partner.

And while they were eating that meal, she got a call from her son's fiancée that would change her life.

She said Eddie was shot.

And I said, um, I said, "You gotta be kidding me." I said, "Not my Eddie.

You, you gotta be k- kidding me." And, um, she, she said no.

She said, "No, no." So I, I didn't have any shoes on.

I left the food at, on the table, got in the car.

Her partner started driving her from her home to Eddie's place in Bear, Delaware, where he lived in an apartment/townhome community known as Fox Run.

That's where she was told the shooting had occurred.

It was a long 40-or-so-minute drive for Eddie's mother as she replayed the last time she saw her son just the night before when she'd stopped by his place.

And I said, "I will see you tomorrow," which was the next day.

I didn't know that that day was gonna be the last day that I would see him.

While still in the car on the way to Eddie's, Dr.

Crystal received a second call from Eddie's fiancée, and this one was even worse.

And she said, um, "Eddie's dead."

Dr.

Crystal dropped the phone in shock and just started screaming.

She was in disbelief all the way until they pulled up to Eddie's townhome, and that's when reality set in.

The, the yellow line was out there.

All of these people are out there.

And I see, I see the house where they live, and I see a person laying on the ground, and I knew it was him because of the pants that he had on and the boots that he had on.

I knew it was him.