Mark Dial
Service Record
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Police Department
| Rank | Officer |
| Dates of Service | Hired approximately 2018.[1] Ended September 18, 2023.[2] |
| Salary | $83,048 (2022)[3] |
| Last Known Status | Terminated.[2] |
Incident Reports
2023 Death of Eddie Irizarry
On August 14, 2023, police saw a car driving erratically. After the driver turned the wrong way on a one-way street and stopped, officers approached the vehicle. Dial ran up to the car, ordered Irizarry to show his hands, and quickly fired. Dial later claimed to see a gun.[1]
Officers put Irizarry in the back of a police vehicle and drove him to the hospital.[4]
Irizarry died.[1]
Police originally reported that Irizarry was shot after exiting the vehicle and lunging at police with a knife. Two days later, the department updated the sequence of events.[1]
The incident was captured on body-worn cameras and surveillance cameras.[1]
Response Timeline
On August 22, 2023, the Citizens Police Oversight Commission recommended that Dial be fired.[5]
Dial was suspended. The department planned to fire him as he refused to cooperate with the investigation.[1]
On September 8, 2023, Dial was charged with murder, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangering another person, and official oppression.[1]
On September 18, 2023, Dial was fired.[2]
On September 26, 2023, a judge dismissed the charges against Dial, agreeing that Dial believed Irizarry had a gun and feared for his safety.[2]
On September 26, 2023, the city's District Attorney refiled charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangering another person, and official oppression.[6]
On September 27, 2023, Irizarry's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Dial and another officer.[7]
On October 25, 2023, a judge reinstated the charges that had been refiled in September.[8]
On August 8, 2024, the District Attorney withdrew the first-degree murder charge against Dial after defense lawyers argued that the prosecutors had not turned over information in the case. Dial will still face a third-degree murder charge.[9]
On May 22, 2025, a jury found Dial guilty of voluntary manslaughter, possession of an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person, and not guilty of third-degree murder and official oppression.[10]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Philadelphia officer charged with murder in shooting death of Eddie Irizarry; bodycam video released, ABC 11, 2023-09-09
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Judge dismisses all charges against Philly police officer Mark Dial after Eddie Irizarry killing, WHYY, 2023-09-26
- ↑ Mark Dial, Police Officer, City of Philadelphia, govSalaries
- ↑ Bodycam Footage Of Philadelphia Police Officer Shooting Eddie Irizarry, PoliceActivity, 2023-09-08
- ↑ CPOC calls for the termination of Officer Mark Dial, City of Philadelphia, 2023-08-22
- ↑ Charges refiled hours after judge throws out case against ex-Philadelphia cop in Eddie Irizarry shooting, CBS Philadelphia, 2023-09-26
- ↑ Hayden Mitman, Family of slain Eddie Irizarry files civil lawsuit against officers involved in his death, NBC Philadelphia, 2023-09-28
- ↑ All charges, including murder, reinstated against former Philly police officer in fatal shooting, ABC 6, 2023-10-25
- ↑ First-degree murder charge dropped against fmr. Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial, ABC 6, 2024-08-08
- ↑ Brian Sheehan, Mixed verdict for ex-Philly cop Mark Dial in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry, NBC Philadelphia, 2025-05-22
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