NEW DISTURBING DETAILS: A Bradley Police Sergeant was pleading for her life just moments before she was fatally shot with her own service weapon by a gunman in a hotel last week, prosecutors said.
The Kankakee County State's Attorney is asking federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Darius Sullivan and Xandria Harris, who are charged in a hotel shooting that killed Bradley Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and wounded Bradley Police Officer Tyler Bailey.A Bradley Police Sergeant was pleading for her life just moments before she was fatally shot with herOn Dec.
Bailey also knew Sullivan was wanted on outstanding warrants of arrests for failure to appear in court, prosecutors said. Police arrested a suspect wanted in the shooting of two Bradley police officers that left one dead and the other critically wounded. Officer Bailey then knocked a fifth time at 10:25 p.m., and Harris responded again that she was coming to the door.
As Harris continued to prevent the officers from opening the door, Sullivan allegedly pointed the firearm at Officer Bailey and shot him in the head. Sullivan then allegedly fired a first shot at Sgt. Rittmanic as she attempted to flee the kill zone, prosecutors said.
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