Jurors hear testimony on shooting by officer who Shot and Killed Phili Black Man
/It took just
three or four seconds, shortly before 5 a.m. Jan. 10, 2000,
on City Avenue, and when it was over, one life had ended and another changed forever. Yesterday,a federal civil jury listened
as witnesses heard the puzzling circumstances of the
shooting of Erin Forbes by Lower Merion Police Officer John Salkowski.
Forbes' parents have sued Salkowski, contending there was no reason for
Salkowski to shoot and kill Forbes,26, after he was stopped in a
high-speed chase along City Avenue and surrounded by six patrol cars. [more]
