Family of 8-year-old girl fatally shot by Pennsylvania police reaches $11 million settlement
Source: CNN
Family of 8-year-old girl fatally shot by Pennsylvania police reaches $11 million settlement
By Maria Sole Campinoti and Jessica Xing, CNN
Updated 2:06 PM EDT, Sat September 30, 2023
(CNN) — The family of an 8-year-old girl who was shot and killed by police gunfire near a Pennsylvania high school football game in 2021 has settled its lawsuit against a Philadelphia suburb, its police chief, and the three officers involved for $11 million.
Fanta Bility was shot and killed when police opened fire on a car in Pennsylvania’s Sharon Hill Borough, CNN previously reported. Police started shooting after a verbal fight between teens escalated to a gunfight, according to officials. Three others were also injured in the shooting, including Fanta’s 12-year-old sister who was inside the car.
Three former police officers – Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan, and Devon Smith – were fired and later sentenced to probation in connection to Fanta’s death in May. They pleaded guilty to charges of reckless endangerment. The three men were initially charged with manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter, but the charges were dropped as part of a plea deal.
“There is no amount of money that will ever bring Fanta back or erase the memory of the horrible tragedy that occurred on August 27, 2021, from our minds,” said Siddiq Kamara, a spokesperson for the Bility family, in a statement. “However, with the criminal and civil cases now resolved, we hope to move on and focus specifically on the Fanta Bility Foundation and keeping Fanta’s legacy alive.”
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/30/us/philadelphia-police-settlement-fatal-shooting/index.html
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needs a lawsuit (or two) for just this reason...
otherwise we're going to stay in The Clockwork Orange...
