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Pennsylvania Police Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed College Student | Crime Alert 09.04.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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