Sharon Hill, PA officers to face trial in girl's death after football game
Source: Associated Press
Officers to face trial in girl’s death after football game
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
September 26, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three former police officers charged with killing a young girl when they fired 25 shots at a moving car as a nearby crowd left a high school football game will face trial on manslaughter charges, a suburban Philadelphia judge ruled Monday.
Prosecutors contend the Sharon Hill officers negligently fired at a car they wrongly believed was involved in gunfire that broke out as the game ended. Four people were shot by police outside the stadium, including soon-to-be third grader Fanta Bility.
Ballistics testing could not determine which officer fired the shot that killed her, but a grand jury recommended that all three face charges in her August 2021 death. Brian Devaney, 41, Devon Smith, 34 and Sean Dolan, 25 were charged in January with voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and multiple counts of reckless endangerment.
Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Margaret Amoroso upheld all of the charges at Monday’s hearing, according to Margie McAboy, a spokesperson for District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.
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