An 8-year-old Black girl who was struck by bullets at a Pennsylvania high school football game in August was shot by Sharon Hill Borough police officers, the Delaware County District Attorney’s office announced Monday.
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said that “initial ballistics analysis” has concluded with “near certainty” that bullets fired by officers killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility on Aug. 27. He said he met with Bility’s family earlier on Monday to discuss updates in the investigation, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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Stollsteimer had previously said there was a “high probability” that Bility was shot by police gunfire.
Final forensic results remain unreleased as the three officers who fired their weapons remain on administrative leave. The officers have not been named publicly
The district attorney’s office is investigating the officers’ weapons use and a grand jury investigation will determine whether charges will be filed.
“The grand jury will hear testimony related to the entire incident that night on Coates Street and will, at the conclusion of its work, issue a comprehensive report as to what happened on August 27th,” said Stollsteimer.
On the day of the shooting, officers were responding to gunfire that broke out in the 900 block of Coates Street, a block from Academy Park High School, after a football game in the Philadelphia suburb.
