Madison homicide victim identified

MADISON - A man who was fatally shot at a gas station was identified by the Dane County medical examiner's office Thursday as David D. Edwards, 31, of Madison.

Edwards was shot shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday at a Mobil station in the 3000 block of E. Washington Ave., Madison police said.

A gunman fired multiple rounds into Edwards' vehicle before Edwards drove off at a high rate of speed, finally crashing into the Comfort Inn & Suites hotel in the 4800 block of E. Washington Ave., police said.

A 23-year-old man who was a passenger in the vehicle suffered injuries that are not life-threatening in the crash but was not shot, according to police, who were seeking suspects in the killing Thursday.

Police asked that anyone with information call Madison Area Crime Stoppers at (608) 266-6014.