Posted on 01/03/2022 7:47:59 PM PST by Beave Meister
Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe wants federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against Darius Sullivan and Xandria Harris, who face felony charges in the hotel shooting that killed Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and critically wounded her partner last week.
A Bradley police sergeant was “desperately pleading for her life” moments before a gunman fatally shot her using the officer’s own gun, Kankakee County prosecutors said Monday.
Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe is seeking life sentences for Darius Sullivan, 25, and Xandria Harris, 26, who face a litany of felony charges in last week’s hotel shooting that killed Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and critically wounded her partner. He is pushing for federal murder charges to be filed against the two and for federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty.
Wednesday’s incident unfolded about 9:56 p.m., when Rittmanic and her partner, Officer Tyler Bailey, responded to a noise complaint regarding dogs barking in a parked car outside the Comfort Inn in the 1500 block of North State Highway 50, Rowe said during Harris’ bond hearing Monday.
When Bailey found out the car had belonged to Harris — who he knows as an acquaintance of Sullivan — the officer met Rittmanic in the hotel lobby and asked a clerk whether there were any rooms under the names of “Xandria Harris” or “Darius Sullivan,” Rowe said.
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Fry 'em
My nephew knew both of the officers that were shot.
The dirtbag shooters should be put down in horrible ways...
Hate crime.
is there a backstory to this?
Innocent.
They were defending themselves against white rage.
That.s how democrats will be discussing this.
There is no end to this as long as democrats are in control.
“Fry ‘em”
I wish they could, but Illinois got rid of their Capital Punishment laws years ago. So the best they can do is life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The Star Chamber...
Women do great in other police administrative work but why have the weaker sex doing this frontline police work that they have no business being in?
Friggin' BIG TIME face plant!
“desperately pleading for her life”. Retarded animals ignore such pleading.
The story leaves me with the impression that she fled when her partner was shot. And apparently continued fleeing while being chased by homeboy with a jammed weapon
No death penalty in Illinois for many years due to corrupt Republican Governor that signed the law on his way to Federal prison to serve time.
Good case for the death penalty for both.
I’m a woman and I agree.
My impression is that she shouldn't have been a cop.
PING Amish
Having women as patrol officers is loony. If she tries to cuff a 220 lb male who decides he doesn’t want to be cuffed things can get ugly in hurry. The male can easily grab the female officer and take her weapon.
No more death penalty in Illinois. Life, without the chance of parole is the best they can hope for.
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