Overview
- The district attorney’s office, which announced its decision Thursday, said the two officers’ use of deadly force was justified under Pennsylvania law.
- Officers watching Francis Collier’s Bala Cynwyd home on February 25 said they heard a gunshot from his Jeep around 3:45 a.m., saw a bullet exit a rear window, and then fired on the vehicle.
- Collier was found in the back seat with three gunshot wounds to the head, including one that was self-inflicted, and an autopsy could not determine which shot was fatal.
- Investigators recovered a Sig Sauer pistol from his lap along with two rifles, another handgun, and a bulletproof vest inside the Jeep.
- Authorities said Collier, a former Morton part-time officer, had been charged hours earlier with rape and other child sex crimes, and officials have not released the officers’ names or said if any further review will follow.