The Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a man in the city's Kensington section last week is expected to be terminated, Action News has learned.
Sources say Officer Mark Dial will be suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss following the deadly August 14 shooting of 27-year-oldDial did not cooperate with the internal investigation and did not provide a formal statement, according to sources.
The police vehicle does not appear to have its flashing lights on. No siren can be heard in the video.Two officers get out of the SUV, both with guns drawn, and one shouts "Show me your hands" and "He's got a f------ knife." "This officer really took someone very special to us and I just want him to pay for what he did," said Irizarry's aunt, Zoraida Garcia."There was an intentional misleading of the public," he said., which investigates the conduct, policies, and practices of the Philadelphia Police Department, has called for the officer to be fired.
Officer Dial is five-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department who is assigned to the 24th District.
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