Mark Dial biography: 10 things about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania man

Mark Dial is a former police officer assigned to the Philadelphia Police Department‘s 19th police district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He and Eddie Irizarry Jr. were born in the same year.
2. In 2018, he joined the Philadelphia Police Department.
3. On May 12, 2021, he and his fellow Philadelphia Police Department officer Geovanie Castro-Baez were patrolling in the western part of Philadelphia. He initiated a traffic stop of a 2004 Honda Accord after he observed that the driver was operating the vehicle on a public roadway and the registration had expired in June 2020.
4. On the evening of January 30, 2022, he was on duty near the area of 1500 North 50th Street in Philadelphia when a radio call was received indicating a stolen 2016 Chevy Malibu with a Delaware, USA plate was being pinged by OnStar.
5. On April 19, 2023, he was the second witness to testify in court about a crime committed on January 30, 2022.
6. Just before 12:30 p.m. on August 14, 2023, he fatally shot Irizarry, who was seated in a gold Toyota Camry, in Kensington, Philadelphia. Immediately after the shooting, he was placed on restricted duty, pending the outcome of the ongoing investigations.
7. At around 12:28 p.m. on August 22, 2023, the Citizens Police Oversight Commission recommended that the Philadelphia Police Department fire him.
8. On August 23, 2023, Philadelphia Police Department commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced that he would be suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss over administrative violations due to his lack of cooperation in a departmental investigation and disobeying a superior’s orders.
9. On the morning of September 8, 2023, he surrendered to police alongside his attorneys Fortunato Perri, Brian McMonagle and Charles Gibbs and leaders from the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5. In the afternoon, he was arraigned and bail magistrate Marilyn de Leon and Municipal Court Judge Christian Dicicco agreed to set his bail at $500,000. He was charged with first-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and related offenses and released after the police union posted the necessary 10% of the total bail.
10. He was 27 years old when he was arrested on September 8, 2023. On September 26, 2023, he will attend a preliminary hearing.