Jurors hear testimony on shooting by officer who Shot and Killed Phili Black Man

It took just three or four seconds, shortly before 5 a.m. Jan. 10, 2000, on City Avenue, and when it was over, one life had ended and another changed forever. Yesterday,a federal civil jury listened as witnesses heard the puzzling circumstances of the shooting of  Erin Forbes by Lower Merion Police Officer John Salkowski. Forbes' parents have sued Salkowski, contending there was no reason for Salkowski to shoot and kill Forbes,26, after he was stopped in a high-speed chase along City Avenue and surrounded by six patrol cars. [more]