UPDATE: A former Philadelphia police officer was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Tuesday in what has been described as the first murder trial in Philadelphia's history for a civilian's death at the hands of a police officer.
Plowden died the next day at a hospital. Ruch has been free on $500,000 bail since 2020. Opening arguments and the first witnesses opened the trial Tuesday. The trial is expected to take seven to 10 days.
He testified that he yelled to officers not to shoot, then said,"I’m crying, screaming at the top of my lungs, ‘Don’t shoot him!’" He also said he heard the fatal shot. "I mention that because the bullet tore through the fingers of that left hand before it entered Plowden’s head." After seeing the Hyundai, Ruch radioed in for backup and pursued it. Krasner said the time between that radio call and the fatal shooting of Plowden is about two minutes and 19 seconds.
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