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      <title>Former US officer charged with murder of 12-year-old boy</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A former Philadelphia officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the back after the youth dropped a gun that he apparently fired at an unmarked police car, a prosecutor said on Monday.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Edsaul Mendoza, 26, who was dismissed from the force after the March 1 shooting, was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime, according to a grand jury presentment unsealed on Monday. He was arrested on Sunday and denied bail on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A spokesperson for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, which represented Mendoza at his bail hearing, declined to comment on his case.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the evening of the shooting, Mendoza was among four plainclothes officers involved in a stolen firearm investigation, riding in the unmarked car in South Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner said at a press conference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thomas “TJ” Siderio, 12, and another boy were riding bicycles when the undercover car drove past. A gunshot rang out, breaking the rear, passenger-side window of the undercover car, Krasner said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“All indicators are that the 12-year-old fired the gun at the car,” Krasner said.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>A former Philadelphia officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in the back after the youth dropped a gun that he apparently fired at an unmarked police car, a prosecutor said on Monday.</strong></p>
<p>Edsaul Mendoza, 26, who was dismissed from the force after the March 1 shooting, was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime, according to a grand jury presentment unsealed on Monday. He was arrested on Sunday and denied bail on Monday.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, which represented Mendoza at his bail hearing, declined to comment on his case.</p>
<p>On the evening of the shooting, Mendoza was among four plainclothes officers involved in a stolen firearm investigation, riding in the unmarked car in South Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner said at a press conference.</p>
<p>Thomas “TJ” Siderio, 12, and another boy were riding bicycles when the undercover car drove past. A gunshot rang out, breaking the rear, passenger-side window of the undercover car, Krasner said.</p>
<p>“All indicators are that the 12-year-old fired the gun at the car,” Krasner said.</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 11:32:04 +0500</pubDate>
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        <media:title>Edsaul Mendoza was charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and possession of an instrument of crime. Photo from fox29.com
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