Edwin McCain (January 20, 1970 - June 29, 2010) was a singer and songwriter who also served prison time from 2005 to 2010 for the murder of african-american R&B singer Luther Vandross, who was shot by a then racist McCain in front of a local diner in Edison, New Jersey on June 30, 2005 and eventually died from his wounds the following day. McCain was soon arrested and given a 31 year prison sentence, but despite his arrest, McCain was able to resume his singing career in November 2006 and was out on parole several times to do his music tour stuff.
Death[]
On June 29, 2010 at the New Jersey Federal Prison, Edwin McCain was sitting inside his jail cell while listening to his cell mate Will Bates (whom McCain had argued with for days) thinking of his plan to escape from jail and out to freedom. But as Bates spotted a nine milimeter pistol that a prison guard had accidently dropped and left behind too close to the cell, he reached out, managed to picked up the gun, and shot open the lock on the cell door, alerting the nearby prison guards. After opening the cell door, McCain got up and confronted Bates. That's when Bates turned around and shot McCain to death. Immediately after the murder, Bates ran as prison guards chased after him. In the end, Bates got into a shootout and was killed by the guards.