Girl shot by police and teenagers charged: Who is responsible?
A Pennsylvania grand jury must decide whether police were justified in their use of force during an August shooting that left an eight-year-old girl dead.
Two teenagers face murder charges for the incident, which prosecutors say began when they exchanged gunfire outside a stadium.
Responding police officers fired the gunshots that killed Fanta Bility and wounded three others.
A lawyer representing the family says they feel police are responsible.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the two teenagers, aged 16 and 18, "exchanged multiple gun shots" in the 27 August incident outside a high school football game in the Philadelphia suburb of Sharon Hill.
"This gunfight wounded one person caught in the crossfire and precipitated the responsive discharge of weapons by police officers stationed near the entrance to the football stadium," Mr Stollsteimer said in a statement.
The district attorney's office acknowledged that it was police gunfire that struck Fanta and three bystanders. They determined, however, that the teens be held responsible because they "initiated the deadly events".
On Thursday, a grand jury will review the case and determine whether the police's use of force in the incident was justified.
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