Prosecutor in the United States have charged three policemen with an eight-year-old girl’s death, dropping a murder case against two teenagers who were initially held.
The officers opened fire on a vehicle outside a high school football game near Philadelphia on 27 August 2021 after hearing gunshots a block away.
The police thought armed suspects were in the car, but it was eight year old Fanta Bility.
Prosecutors had initially argued the tragedy was caused by two teens who fired at each other nearby moments beforehand.
The district attorney filed first-degree murder charges against the two young men in November.
Prosecutors said the pair – aged 16 and 18 – had “initiated the deadly events” and therefore bore responsibility for Fanta’s death. Those charges have now been withdrawn.
