For murdering an 8-year-old girl, Fanta Bility, and injuring three other people, three police officers were charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons in the direction of a crowd of people leaving a soccer game. football at a high school outside Philadelphia.
In the shooting that occurred on 27 August of last year, which resulted in the death of Fanta Bility, Sharon Hill police officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney were involved.
According to documents of indictment, each police officer was charged with 10 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of involuntary manslaughter and manslaughter involuntary.
The three men had their preliminary arraignments on Tuesday morning and every u was not released on an unsecured bond of $500,000, according to court records.
According to authorities, on the day of the tragedy, Angelo “AJ” Ford , aged 16 had an argument with Hasein Strand, aged 19, and exchanged gunfire outside the football game in Sharon Hill, a small district north of the Philadelphia International Airport. That shooting included two shots fired at the officers, who were watching for people leaving the game
The officers fired back at them, targeting a vehicle they believed was involved in the shooting shooting, striking the car and members of the crowd leaving the game.
Investigators later determined that the women in the car were not responsible for the initial shots fired.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said Tuesday that investigators are confident that Bilty and three of the four gunshot wounded were struck by police gunfire.
He also announced that murder charges related to Bility’s murder against the two black teens would be dropped.
Initially, Stollsteimer had said in November that the first-degree murder charges were justified on the basis of under the legal principle of transferred intent, meaning that his actions had set off the chain of events that led to Bility’s death.
The bond for each of the officers was set at $ 500.000 and has A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 27 January 2022 in the Springfield District Court, noted the prosecutor’s office.
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