Police officers who killed 8-year-old girl to be terminated

Demonstrators gathered at Barclay’s Center and marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 6, 2021 to honor the life of Fanta Bility, an 8-year-old girl killed by police fire outside a Pennsylvania high school football game in Sharon Hill, Pa., on Aug. 27, 2021.

The Sharon Hill Borough Council voted on Thursday in favor of relieving officers Brian Devaney, Devon Smith and Sean Dolan of their duties shortly after charges were filed by the district attorney’s office.

Investigators determined that two gunshots were fired in the direction of the officers, prosecutors said. The officers then discharged their weapons in the direction of the football field and the crowd exiting, ultimately shooting and killing Fanta.

The three men have been charged with 12 criminal counts of manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons toward a crowd of people who were exiting a football game at a high school stadium on Aug. 27, 2021. The gunfire killed Fanta Bility, 8, and wounded three others.

The charges were recommended by a grand jury.

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