3 Pennsylvania officers fired after being charged in the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility
Source: CNN
3 Pennsylvania officers fired after being charged in the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility
By Brian Vitagliano, CNN
Updated 2:55 AM ET, Fri January 21, 2022
(CNN) -- Three police officers from Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, were fired Thursday, two days after being charged in connection with the shooting death of 8-year-old Fanta Bility while she exited a high school football game on August 27, solicitor Sean Kilkenny confirmed to CNN. ... The Sharon Hill Borough Council voted 6-1 Thursday night to fire the three officers, Kilkenny said.
Officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney each were charged Tuesday with one count of voluntary manslaughter, one count of involuntary manslaughter and 10 counts of reckless endangerment, according to the criminal complaints.
Manslaughter charges were "appropriate" in this case rather than murder in the third degree because there was no evidence of malice, said a news release from Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer's office. Bail was set at $500,000, unsecured, for each defendant and a preliminary hearing set for January 27 in state court. ... CNN has reached out to all three officers and their attorneys for comment, as well as the Sharon Hill Police Department.
Fanta was killed after two teens, Angelo "AJ" Ford and Hasein Strand, opened fire in a dispute outside a suburban Philadelphia high school football game, according to the complaint. In response, the three officers, who were monitoring the exit of the football game, fired at a vehicle moving on the street between the officers and the football stadium and spectators leaving the game.
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/us/pennsylvania-officers-fired-fanta-bility-shooting/index.html
KYW, the AM radio station in Philadelphia, is covering this a lot too.
https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio
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