Edward Lamont Hunt called his 2-year-old son Biscuit.
The 27-year-old Baltimore man who was shot and killed by a police officer last week showed respect to women and elders, his friends said.
He loved children, staying at home to care for his son while his fiance, Lakia Jeter, 25, worked as a nurse?s aide.
A small group of friends and family mourned Hunt during a Wednesday evening memorial service at Church of Christ Apostoli Harford Road.
They prayed the friend nicknamed “Swol” was in the arms of God ? that his 9-year-old daughter, Malaka, and 2-year-old-son, Edward Jr., would carry on ? they even prayed for the yet-to-be-identified police officer who shot him.
“We don?t have to feel anger. Taking a life unjustly is a hell unto itself,” said Hunt?s friend Joy Epps. “We don?t need to worry about being angry, because God is just, and justice will be served.”
Bowing their heads in the pews of the modest church, Hunt?s friends recalled the life of man who loved music, friends and, most of all, children.
“I was crossing the street one day with my son, and Edward jumped out in front of a car and put up his hands, and stopped the car,”recalled friend and neighbor Katrina Brown.
“He was very respectful,”
“He was quiet, peaceful person, it would take a lot to get him upset,” said friend Marcel Price, 21.
“He would take everyone?s kids to the park and play basketball,” said Shennel Lassiter, 30. “He was patient and kind and really good with kids.”
Hunt, 27, was shot after an altercation with a Baltimore police officer on Jan. 30 around noon at a shopping plaza in Northeast Baltimore.
Witnesses told The Examiner that Hunt was shot at least twice in the back after pulling away from the yet-to-be-identified police officer during a “field interview.”
Police would say only that Hunt was shot in the torso. Hunt was unarmed at the time of the shooting.
Last week investigators discovered a bullet lodged in the wall of a nearby grocery store, leading them to conclude that the officer fired three shots ? two that struck and killed Hunt, a source familiar with the case said.
Police indicated Hunt had drugs on him at the time of the shooting, but the drugs have yet to be identified.
“They are still being tested,” police spokesman Sterling Clifford said.
“The assertion that he had drugs on him is bogus,” countered A. Dwight Pettit, attorney for Hunt?s family. “Witnesses indicate he was thoroughly searched prior to the shooting.”
The officer who shot Hunt has been was suspended with pay, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Examiner Staff Writer Luke Broadwater contributed to this report.
