Family of Fanta Bility, 8-year-old fatally shot by police, calls for reform
Four years after Fanta Bility was shot and killed by police in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, her family and neighbors are calling for reform.
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Four years after Fanta Bility was shot and killed by police in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, her family and neighbors are calling for reform.
The family of Fanta Bility, who was shot and killed by police in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania, four years ago, is calling for more firearms training for law enforcement. Family and community members gathered to remember Fanta Wednesday in Delaware County.
Fanta Bility's family continues to give back to their community and honor her legacy. She would have celebrated her 12th birthday today.
Marking a solemn milestone at a Sharon Hill Park. Fanta Bility would have celebrated her 12th birthday today. Fanta was shot and killed in August 2021 by police after gunfire started outside of a high school football game. Nikki DeMentri shows how her family continues to give back to their community and honor her legacy.
A man involved in a gun battle outside a high school football game that set off a chain of events ending with the shooting death of 8-year-old Fanta Bility has been sentenced to prison.
Fanta Bility, 8, was fatally shot by Sharon Hill Police in 2021 at Academy Park High School's football field.
Heavy rain leading to a NEXT Weather Alert, Congress passing a spending bill avoiding a government shutdown and a food giveaway dedicated to the memory of Fanta Bility, a Delaware County girl killed by police officers are all top stories in the Philadelphia region.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is also Fanta Bility's birthday. She would have been 11 years old today.
The Fanta Bility Foundation hosted a Thanksgiving food giveaway Tuesday in an effort to spread love and kindness as Fanta did herself, the foundation said in a post.
On the borough's website, it said, "Although we cannot undo the tragic events of that day, we hope that the resolution of the lawsuit might provide those impacted a small measure of closure."
The Borough of Sharon Hill and the family of Fanta Bility, the 8-year-old who was killed by police gunfire in 2021, have reached an agreement on a federal settlement.
The family of Fanta Bility, the 8-year-old girl mistakenly killed by police gunfire while leaving a high school football game, is now creating a foundation in her honor.
The family of Fanta Bility, the 8-year-old girl mistakenly killed by police gunfire while leaving a high school football game, is now creating a foundation in her honor.
Former Sharon Hill police officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan, and Brian Devaney were sentenced Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility.
Joe Holden reports.
Joe Holden reports.
Joe Holden has the latest on the sentencing.
Former Sharon Hill police officers Devon Smith, Sean Dolan, and Brian Devaney will be sentenced Friday in connection to the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Fanta Bility.
Prosecutors say last August Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith fired toward a car after hearing gunfire as people left a football game at Academy Park High School.
Matt Petrillo reports.
Bility, an 8-year-old girl, was shot and killed by police gunfire in 2021 outside a football game at Academy Park High School in Sharon Hill.
Prosecutors say last August Brian Devaney, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith fired toward a car after hearing gunfire as people left a football game at Academy Park High School.
Kerri Corrado has more on the hearing.
Fanta Bility was shot and killed by police while leaving a football game at Academy Park High School last year.
Ryan Hughes reports.
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