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.
John Romano is charged with ethnic intimidation and other offenses after he allegedly hurled racial epithets at a Black woman in Folcroft.
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.
A Sharon Hill police officer was charged with rape and other offenses for allegedly sexually assaulting three minors, according to a criminal docket.
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."
Domair Brown, 31 of Sharon Hill, was arrested and is expected to be arraigned Thursday for the fatal hit-and-run of 27-year-old Ashley McLean.
Sharon Hill Borough Police Department has released the name of the man they believe is responsible for the fatal hit-and-run accident that killed 27-year-old Ashley McLean.
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.
A total of five cats died after the man left them outside The Spayed Club in Sharon Hill.
The convenience store opened a new store in Sharon Hill and gave away free coffee all day.
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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.
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.
According to the Sharon Hill Police Department, several staff members and police officers were attacked.
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Police are investigating multiple thefts from cars around the Meetinghouse Park Apartments in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.
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Kada Scott, who was missing for two weeks before being found dead in East Germantown, would have turned 24 on Nov. 18.
Abou Keita is charged with murder and attempted murder for a double shooting near Chickie's & Pete's in Philadelphia in October.
The "Home for the Holidays" concert will feature Opera Philadelphia and the Wanamaker Organ, and tickets start at $11.
Police are investigating multiple thefts from cars around the Meetinghouse Park Apartments in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.
Kada Scott, who was missing for two weeks before being found dead in East Germantown, would have turned 24 on Nov. 18.
Abou Keita is charged with murder and attempted murder for a double shooting near Chickie's & Pete's in Philadelphia in October.
The "Home for the Holidays" concert will feature Opera Philadelphia and the Wanamaker Organ, and tickets start at $11.
Police are investigating multiple thefts from cars around the Meetinghouse Park Apartments in Boothwyn, Pennsylvania.
Three people are dead after a house fire in North Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.
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SEPTA says trains on the Chestnut Hill West and Fox Chase lines will be canceled in the morning and later in the day Tuesday.
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The "Home for the Holidays" concert will feature Opera Philadelphia and the Wanamaker Organ, and tickets start at $11.
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Police are looking for the people behind burglaries from vehicles at the Meetinghouse Park Apartments in Boothwyn, part of Upper Chichester Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
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