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Pennsylvania Police Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed College Student | Crime Alert 09.04.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A Pennsylvania police officer is facing voluntary
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  Speaker 2: manslaughter charges after fatally shooting an unarmed college student who
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  Speaker 2: mistakenly walked to the wrong house after a night out
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  Speaker 2: with friends. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced that
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  Speaker 2: 58-year-old Police Corporal Sean Farrell turned himself in to detectives
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  Speaker 2: following an intensive investigation into the death of 22-year-old Glenwood
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  Speaker 2: Bubba Pisher IV. Pisher's mother, Erin Pisher, revealed that her
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  Speaker 2: son had been participating in a pub crawl with friends
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday, August 22. Afterwards, the group decided to move
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  Speaker 2: the party to nearby homes, and Pisher accidentally approached the
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  Speaker 2: wrong residence while attempting to move between locations. Officers arrived
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  Speaker 2: at the scene around 12.30 a.m. on August 23, following
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  Speaker 2: a 911 call reporting a possible attempted break-in at a
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  Speaker 2: local residence. Corporal Farrell, the first officer to arrive, walked
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  Speaker 2: down the driveway with a firearm and mounted light, positioning
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  Speaker 2: himself behind a red vehicle. Body-worn camera footage captured Pisher
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  Speaker 2: standing on the concrete patio near the rear door. As
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  Speaker 2: Farrell yelled commands for Pisher to show his hands and
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  Speaker 2: drop to the ground, the college student raised his hands
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  Speaker 2: in the air and began walking toward the officer. Speaking
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  Speaker 2: out about the fatal encounter, Fisher's grieving mother expressed her
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  Speaker 2: utter disbelief in statements reported by CBS.
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  Speaker 3: Corporal Farrell then yells, stop or I'll. And before finishing
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  Speaker 3: the statement, Corporal Farrell fires his handgun twice, striking Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Fisher twice in the chest, killing him.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators determined that Pisher was 17 to 20 feet away
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  Speaker 2: from Corporal Farrell and completely unarmed when the officer opened fire.
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  Speaker 2: Body camera footage captured the tragic final seconds of the
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  Speaker 2: encounter as Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele described in
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  Speaker 2: court statements provided to CBS.
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  Speaker 1: There was no taser, no nothing, automatic deadly force. And
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  Speaker 1: we can't believe that that's the extreme that the cop took,
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  Speaker 1: that that was his first thought, this incident. this young
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  Speaker 1: kid unarmed, probably staggering around a little drunk, and his
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  Speaker 1: thought was to shoot him and kill him.
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  Speaker 2: Detectives recovered two fired cartridge casings from Farrell's handgun at
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  Speaker 2: the scene, confirming Pisher posed no threat and possessed no
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  Speaker 2: weapons whatsoever. Under Pennsylvania law, police officers are justified in
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  Speaker 2: using deadly force only when necessary to prevent death or
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  Speaker 2: serious bodily injury to themselves or others. District Attorney Steele
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  Speaker 2: highlighted that Corporal Farrell had less than lethal options on
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  Speaker 2: his utility belt, including a taser, which he failed to
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  Speaker 2: employ while standing at a safe distance behind a car.
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  Speaker 2: District Attorney Steele emphasized that this was not a legal
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  Speaker 2: use of deadly force. Farrell surrendered to authorities, had his
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  Speaker 2: bail set at $ 75, 000, and is scheduled to appear for
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  Speaker 2: a preliminary hearing on September 10th. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 2: news after this. In South Carolina, the parents of a
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  Speaker 2: five-year-old girl with severe nonverbal autism have been arrested and
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  Speaker 2: charged in connection with her tragic death. John Herb Hayes
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  Speaker 2: III and Jordan Nicole Hayes were taken into custody in
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  Speaker 2: Carter County, Tennessee by the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office. Both
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  Speaker 2: parents face charges under South Carolina law for unlawfully placing
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  Speaker 2: a child at risk and willfully abandoning a child following
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  Speaker 2: an extensive multi-agency search for little sailor Hayes. Saylor was
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  Speaker 2: reported missing after wandering away from a rental home in
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  Speaker 2: Hagley Estates on Pawleys Island. Authorities note that Saylor had
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  Speaker 2: a known affinity for water and elopement. Although she had
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  Speaker 2: been equipped with a tracking monitoring device since 2024, arrest
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  Speaker 2: affidavits reveal that her parents removed the device before leaving Virginia.
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  Speaker 2: Investigators allege the couple left the vulnerable child unsupervised within
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  Speaker 2: approximately 15 meters of a body of water. Shockingly, affidavits
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  Speaker 2: indicate that the parents actively encouraged search teams to use
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  Speaker 2: Project Lifesaver tracking technology to detect her transponder, despite knowing
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  Speaker 2: she was not wearing it. South Carolina Department of Natural
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  Speaker 2: Resources agents recovered Sailor's body in the waters near Hagley Landing.
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  Speaker 2: Sheriff Carter Weaver stressed that parents have a fundamental duty
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  Speaker 2: to protect vulnerable children, promising to pursue full legal accountability.
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  Speaker 2: In Texas, a 63-year-old man with an extensive violent criminal
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  Speaker 2: record has been indicted for murder in connection with the
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  Speaker 2: brutal killing of his 84-year-old father. According to court affidavits,
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  Speaker 2: neighbors spotted Ronnie Medford arguing with his father, Johnny Medford,
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  Speaker 2: on May 11th before Ronnie left the premises. Neighbors told
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  Speaker 2: investigators that the elderly father had previously expressed deep concern
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  Speaker 2: and fear that his son would physically harm him. Authorities
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  Speaker 2: were called to the Henderson County home after a neighbor
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  Speaker 2: reported a foul odor and suspected human remains inside a
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  Speaker 2: burn barrel on the property. Responding officers discovered blood spatter
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  Speaker 2: covering the laundry room walls, floor, and appliances, alongside distinct
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  Speaker 2: drag marks leading directly out to a burn barrel containing
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  Speaker 2: human remains. United States Marshals arrested Ronnie Medford 10 days
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  Speaker 2: later in the Dallas area, and a grand jury officially
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  Speaker 2: indicted him for murder on August 13th. Public records reveal
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  Speaker 2: Medford has a lengthy criminal history, including prior convictions for
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  Speaker 2: assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Currently held
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  Speaker 2: on a $ 2. 1 million bond, Medford faces up to 99
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  Speaker 2: years in prison at his upcoming arraignment on September 14th.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani.