Officials have identified a Philadelphia Police officer who shot and killed 27-year-old Eddie Jose Irizarry in the city's Kensington neighborhood on Monday.
Officer Mark Dial is a five-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department and is currently assigned to the 24th District, officials revealed Thursday.
The officer's name was revealed a day after police admitted that the initial information they released about the deadly shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Jose Irizarry was inaccurate.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. As Irizarry turned, Officer Dial fired"multiple times" and Irizarry was hit"several" times -- though, his family said he was hit six times.
“I understand and want to acknowledge the hurt and confusion that family and community members can experience when details of investigations change and especially when they change in the very public way that this has occurred. In the name of transparency, I strive for our department to release as much detail as possible when we can do so without damaging the integrity of the investigation," Outlaw said.
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