The murder trial will begin today for a man accused of shooting and killing a Bradley police officer in 2021.
Jury selection will start in the trial of 28-year-old Darius Sullivan will begin Monday morning in Kankakee County court. Sullivan was charged in the deadly shooting of Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and the wounding of her partner Tyler Bailey. Rittmanic and Bailey responded to a call of a dog barking in a car outside the Comfort Inn in December 2021. They traced the car to Sullivan and his girlfriend, Xandria Harris, who were staying at the hotel.
she ran down the motel hall and Sullivan stood over her while she pleaded for her life. He allegedly fired a fatal shot. Bailey was shot in the head, but survived.Sullivan previously told the court that he couldn't hire an attorney and he refused to allow a public defender to represent him, prompting the trial to be delayed. It appears that now a Kankakee County public defender is ready to go to trial.
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