Daily News | Jury expected to take up case of Philly cop charged with murder early next week
Prosecutors completed presenting their case Friday against a former Philadelphia police officer charged with murder and the jury may begin its deliberations as soon as Monday.that the man shot dead appeared to pose a danger to the ex-officer on trial, Eric Ruch Jr., and other police., the District Attorney’s Office has charged Ruch, 34, with killing Dennis Plowden Jr., 25, on Dec. 27, 2017, after Plowden stumbled out of his crashed car after leading police on a high-speed evening chase in Olney.
They noted that police witnesses, despite testifying that Plowden appeared to pose a risk, agreed he was sitting on the sidewalk or a curb, leaning back, when he was shot. And they have stressed how Ruch fired his Glock only seconds after emerging from his police car.Fellow officers testify in case of Eric Ruch, former Philly police officer charged with murder