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Krasner Charges Eric Lewis With Murder of Officer Seiber

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC · How we work

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Larry Krasner Charges Lewis

District Attorney Larry Krasner charged Eric Lewis with murder for killing Officer Shane Seiber.
Eric Lewis shot Officer Shane Seiber and wounded his partner on a West Philadelphia porch, then fired at nine officers.
Police recovered a shotgun and two handguns, one allegedly stolen from an officer Eric Lewis shot.
Larry Krasner said officers mishandled Eric Lewis’s 2023 trial and a detective fabricated a tip about a nonexistent ‘Spice’ killer.

Summary

Commissioner Fires Crawley

Police commissioner terminated former 15th District officer Naeem Crawley via Direct Action process.
Internal Affairs opened a probe into the mishandled 2019 homicide investigation after DA Krasner’s allegations.
The 2019 homicide case involving Eric Lewis was expunged, removing it from public court records.
Lewis was arrested in 2020 for the 2019 killing of Christopher Williams and later acquitted in 2023.

History

Historical Context

The LAPD’s Rampart scandal, exposed after CRASH officer Rafael Pérez’s 1999 plea bargain, revealed misconduct by more than 70 officers, overturned 106 convictions and generated $125 million in civil settlements. Federal oversight followed a 2000 consent decree that lasted until 2013. That legacy now shapes Philadelphia’s 2024 effort by Attorney Larry Krasner and the Police Commissioner to address the Eric Lewis homicide and Naeem Crawley termination.

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Larry Krasner Charges Lewis

District Attorney Larry Krasner charged Eric Lewis with murder for killing Officer Shane Seiber.
Eric Lewis shot Officer Shane Seiber and wounded his partner on a West Philadelphia porch, then fired at nine officers.
Police recovered a shotgun and two handguns, one allegedly stolen from an officer Eric Lewis shot.
Larry Krasner said officers mishandled Eric Lewis’s 2023 trial and a detective fabricated a tip about a nonexistent ‘Spice’ killer.

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