A former Philadelphia police officer who shot dead a 12-year-old boy as he lay face down on the sidewalk has been charged with murder.
Edsaul Mendoza was charged Monday with first and third-degree murder over the shooting of Thomas “TJ” Siderio, who police allege fired a shot at an unmarked police car, injuring one of four plainclothes officers inside, before tossing his gun and trying to surrender.
