Death by Cop- 2022

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Thomas Siderio Jr.

Case # :273

Gender : Female

Age : 12

Race : White

Date : 03/01/2022

Location : S 18th+Johnston S

City : Philadelphia

County : Philadelphia

State : Pennsylvania

Agency : Philadelphia PD

Officer(s) :Edsaul Mendoza

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event :

Disposition : Unjustified, officer fired, charged with voluntary manslaughter, 1st degree murder, 3rd degree murder

Open Records Summary :
Plainclothes police stopped a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old to question them about a previous case. Shots were fired and the 12-year-old was shot in his back by police, killing him.

Source Links :
https://whyy.org/articles/12-year-old-shot-and-killed-by-philly-police-investigators-say-they-dont-have-definitive-determination-of-what-happened/

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2022-03-02/police-1-youth-killed-1-arrested-after-officers-fired-upon

usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/08/philadelphia-thomas-siderio-police-shooting/9428385002/

https://www.fox29.com/news/threats-detected-against-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting-of-12-year-old-police-say

https://www.inquirer.com/news/thomas-siderio-philadelphia-police-shooting-update-20220308.html