Former Philadelphia Officer Mark Dial's Attorneys Want His Murder Trial Moved Out Of City, Sources Say

CBS Philadelphia, Joe Holden

May 17, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Attorneys for former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, who's facing first-degree murder charges, have requested a judge to move his trial outside the city, sources said on Thursday. The judge hasn't made a ruling yet on the request.

Dial is facing charges of first-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and official oppression in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry in Kensington in August 2023.

Body camera footage showed Dial opening fire on Irizarry as he sat inside a car on Willard Street in Kensington on Aug. 14.

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