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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Fanta Bility: Three police officers charged over death of 8-year-old girl after they blamed teens for gunfire

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Three police officers have been charged over the shooting death of eight-year-old Fanta Bility outside a football game, months after two teenagers were initially blamed for the gunfire.

Officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan and Brian Devaney of Sharon Hill Police Department, Pennsylvania, were each charged with 12 counts, including one count of voluntary manslaughter, one count of involuntary manslaughter and 10 counts of reckless endangerment over the 27 August killing, according to the criminal complaints.

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