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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ron Todt

Judge reinstates murder charge against Philadelphia police officer in fatal shooting of motorist

ASSOCIATED PRESS

A judge on Wednesday reinstated all charges, including a murder count, against a former police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up car window — a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a knife outside the car.

Common Pleas Court Judge Lillian Ransom ruled after a hearing that the facts of the case should be established at a trial.

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