Overview

• Mark Dial, a former Philadelphia police officer, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and a weapons offense in the 2023 shooting of Eddie Irizarry.
• The jury acquitted Dial of the more serious charge of third-degree murder after nearly three days of deliberations.
• Body-camera footage revealed Irizarry was holding a knife inside his car with the windows rolled up when Dial fired six shots through the driver’s side window.
• Dial’s defense argued he acted in self-defense, believing Irizarry had a gun, but the jury rejected this justification as criminally reckless behavior.
• The case, marked by dropped and refiled charges, has reignited debates over police use of force and accountability, with sentencing scheduled for July.