Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty in the case of a former suburban Philadelphia police officer accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and wounding her daughter.
Thirty-two-year-old Stephen Rozniakowski of Norwood is charged in Delaware County with criminal homicide murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault.
District Attorney Jack Whelan said Tuesday he would seek capital punishment if Rozniakowski is convicted of first-degree murder, citing a protection from abuse order, risk to another person and another felony at the time of the slaying.
Authorities alleged that the part-time Colwyn officer killed Valerie Morrow and shot her daughter in December in Glenolden before he was wounded by the victim's husband, a part-time Morton officer.
Whelan also said he believed the state Supreme Court would nullify the governor's moratorium on the death penalty.
