A 12-year-old shot in the back and killed by a Philly officer has been identified as Thomas Siderio. Police said Siderio was armed, though they can't say definitively whether he was the one who fired at 4 plainclothes officers in an unmarked police car.
A 12-year-old boy who was shot in the back and killed by a Philadelphia police officer has been identified.
The PPD said Siderio was holding a stolen 9mm semiautomatic gun at the time. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said in a written statement that"a young child with a gun in their hand purposely fired a weapon at our officers," but her deputy commissioner in a press conference with reporters said he could not definitively ascertain whether Siderio opened fire.
The unnamed officer fired after he and three other plainclothes officers were shot at while sitting in an unmarked car, the department said. An officer sitting in the rear passenger seat was hit by shards of glass in the face and eyes, according to police.
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