Cortez Edwards biography: 10 things about Louisville, Kentucky native

Who is Cortez Edwards?

Cortez Lamont Edwards is an American man from Louisville, Kentucky, United States. On September 27, 2020, special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Marshal Service, Federal Protective Service and Louisville Metro Police Department officers and detectives executed a search warrant at his residence in Louisville without incident.

The agents found Edwards sleeping on the couch in the living room. He was the only adult present in the living room while a toddler was in a playpen.

A Glock model 19, 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol found on the couch where Edwards was sleeping. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He was born in Louisville.
2. He owned an AR variant pistol firearm and a non-extendible support brace with an extended magazine.
3. He is 5’11” tall.
4. His registered weight is 170 pounds.
5. On September 15, 2016, he was booked into the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections in Louisville. He was charged with criminal possession of forged instrument, theft by deception, probation violation for a misdemeanor offense and two counts of serving bench warrant for court and two counts of theft of identity without consent.
6. On February 8, 2019, he was booked into Jefferson County Jail in Louisville. He was charged with two counts of first-degree enhancement trafficking in controlled substance, third-degree enhancement trafficking in controlled substance, first-degree enhancement trafficking in marijuana, three counts of enhancement possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, complicity to possession of firearm by a convicted felon, false making or embossing of credit card, probation violation for a misdemeanor offense and failure to appear citation for misdemeanor.
7. While waving his AR variant pistol firearm on Facebook Live on September 23, 2020, he asked for $30,000 “to shoot Louisville Metro Police Department officers on scene for a disturbance in the street in front of his residence.”
8. His Facebook account was deactivated after his arrest on September 27, 2020. He was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and booked into the Oldham County Detention Center in Buckner, Kentucky.
9. In August 2023, he turned 32.
10. On February 21, 2024, a case was filed against him in Kentucky.