Trials to Begin in Deaths of 2 Philly Officers

Three men charged in the deaths of two Philadelphia police officers in separate 2008 incidents are set to stand trial.

Neither 35-year-old Eric Floyd nor 41-year-old Levon Warner fired the shots that killed 39-year-old Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, but prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty when their trial opens Monday.

Investigators say Liczbinski was pursuing Floyd, Warner and a third man, Howard Cain, following a May 2008 bank robbery. When the suspects couldn't shake Liczbinski, authorities say they stopped and Cain fired on Liczbinski, killing him. Cain later died in a shootout with police.

In another trial set to open Monday, 18-year-old Andre Butler is charged with murder in the September 2008 death of officer Isabel Nazario. Police died when a stolen car Butler was driving struck her cruiser as she pursued him.