Chilling moment serial killer gives blunt answer on why he committed murders

A convicted killer has stunned viewers with a warped take on the crimes he committed.

Edward Cherry, 37, is awaiting extradition to Jacksonville for allegedly killing two people in the Sunshine State. He has already pleaded guilty to three murders in Atlanta, Georgia.

But, according to him, that doesn't make him a serial killer. 'I don't think I'm a serial killer,' he told WSB-TV. 'I just think in situations, I just do what I got to do. That's it.' He made the explanation just days after a Burka-clad hitwoman was found guilty of plotting murder after botched assassination.

'I'm always... I'm put in situations and I'm just the one who shoots first,' Cherry continued.

'He wanted their cars'

He would not admit if the deaths in Florida were committed by him or not, but he did say he believed prosecutors would 'probably' seek the death penalty against him.

Cherry is serving a life sentence in Clayton County after pleading guilty to killing Shakai Gordon and Lydia Tate Foran. He was sentenced on Thursday.

He insisted that he was not intending to rob his victims, who died three days apart and did not know each other. 'I had a lot of money. I had a lot of drugs,' he told the outlet. Prosecutors believe he wanted their cars.

Fatal stabbing

He is also serving a life sentence in Fulton County for fatally stabbing inmate Leonard Fortner. He was sentenced in March and it is running at the same time as his Clayton County sentence.

Cherry claimed he told Fortner to 'leave me alone' and 'let me go about my business, and he just kept on bothering me.'

Tasha Mosley, Clayton County District Attorney, told WSB-TV: 'He's a cold-hearted serial killer. He has no heart.'

Cherry also allegedly shot College Park police officer Charles Landrum after a car chase.

Landrum had picked up Cherry's licence plate as one connected to a homicide case in the state. As the police officer rammed the car into Cherry's, the murderer shot him in the neck, just millimetres from his carotid artery.

Cherry said he took responsibility for his crimes in Georgia because it was 'the best option for me.'

'I did what was best for me in the situation. That's simply the only thing,' he told the outlet. 'Life in prison, in this state, is only 30 years.' Prosecutors say Cherry is mistaken about his prospects of freedom under the Georgia judicial system.

Release unlikely

A life sentence in the Peach State lasts the rest of a criminal's natural life. Although parole eligibility begins after 30 years, prosecutors do not believe Cherry will be released.

'I think he just has a misunderstanding of the criminal justice system and I don't think he understands where this is leading to,' Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline Broadnax told the outlet.

Cherry said he was 'not sure' where his life went wrong, but he had been in contact with his family ahead of his extradition.

'I talked to my family. That's it,' he said. 'I talk to my family about my personal matters.'