Philadelphia DA offered police shooting suspect a ‘phony baloney’ deal to surrender
by Caitlin Yilek
| August 17, 2019 05:10 PM
Philadelphia’s top prosecutor said he offered the suspected gunman in a police shooting a “phony baloney†deal to get him to surrender during an hourslong standoff.
District Attorney Larry Krasner told the Philadelphia Inquirer he spoke with suspect Maurice Hill in an effort to get him to surrender after six police officers had been shot and two more were trapped inside a house Wednesday. The suspect wanted to know how many years in prison he might face.
“Early on, I said 25 [years], then he said 20 and I said OK,†Krasner said.
Hill, 36, insisted that the deal be in writing, and Krasner said he wrote a draft but did not finish it.
“We need to be clear here: This was bullshit from the beginning,†Krasner said.
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