Philadelphia’s district attorney has charged a police officer with murder in the death of a man he shot multiple times during a traffic stop last month.
District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday announced various charges against Philadelphia Police Department’s Mark Dial, accusing him of not only murder but aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, and official oppression. Dial surrendered to authorities.
This came as the DA’s office released unedited body camera footage of the shooting incident. Though police had previously claimed that 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry lunged at them with a weapon, the video shows Irizarry holding a small knife near his thigh while in his car with the window up, and he does not lunge at officers.
Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
On Aug. 14, Irizarry pulled into a parking spot in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. He was followed by Dial and his partner after the officers saw Irizarry driving erratically.
In the bodycam footage, Dial is shown getting out of his police vehicle and quickly approaching Irizarry’s car. Dial’s partner grabs a door on Irizarry’s car and shouts for the man to show his hands.
Dial then gets close to the car with his gun drawn.
“Show that fucking hand. I will fucking shoot you,” Dial shouts.
About five seconds after that warning, Dial fires six shots at close range into the vehicle.
Dial’s partner can be heard on the footage telling Dial to stop. “Mark, hold up, stop,” he says.
Irizarry appears to grimace in pain, but Dial continues shouting at him with his gun drawn.
“Fuck, Mark, move the car,” the partner says after looking at Irizarry’s bloodied body in the driver’s seat.
Both officers then drag Irizarry’s body, seemingly lifeless, out of the vehicle.
Nearby residents soon descend on the scene.
“Why did y’all kill him?” one resident can be heard saying in the footage.
Dial was placed on a 30-day suspension from the department after the shooting. Outgoing Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, who announced earlier this week that she is resigning, said she intended to fire him at the end of the suspension.
Dial refused to cooperate with an internal police investigation into the shooting, authorities said.
Outlaw indicated last month that Dial violated department policies and initially gave a false narrative of the fatal encounter.
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