Criminal Law

2 Philadelphia Men Plead Guilty to Killing SWAT Officer in 2020

Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and racketeering charges in the March 2020 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer.

Hassan Elliott, 26, and Khalif Sears, 23, admitted killing SWAT Cpl. James O’Connor IV, as police sought to arrest them in a 2019 homicide. As police climbed an interior stairwell at Elliott’s apartment, he fired a dozen shots through a wall that struck O’Connor in the neck and arm, authorities said.

Read more at AP News.

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