Former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and related crimes Thursday for shooting Eddie Irizarry to death in 2023, but he was acquitted of the more serious charge of third-degree murder.

Mark Dial told jurors he feared for his life when he shot and killed Eddie Irizarry as he sat in his car in Kensington in 2023.

A verdict was reached in the trial of Mark Dial, the former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop in the city’s Kensington neighborhood back in August 2023.