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A sentencing date for Darius Sullivan has not been set.
Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, 49, and officer Tyler
Bailey, 27, were responding to dogs barking in an unattended
vehicle in the hotel's parking lot. They were shot after finding
the room where the vehicle’s possible owner was staying.
Rittmanic later died at a hospital. She was a 21-year police
veteran.
A prosecutor said during a January 2022 court hearing that
Sullivan used his own gun to shoot Bailey in the head after the
officers knocked on the hotel room door. Rittmanic was shot as
she tried to flee, but was chased down a hallway. Sullivan's
girlfriend helped disarm Rittmanic, the prosecutor said.
Rittmanic was shot while pleading for her life, the prosecutor
added.
Sullivan was arrested at a home in Indiana two days after the
shooting. He had pleaded not guilty.
His girlfriend also was charged with murder and attempted
murder. She faces a separate trial.
Bradley is a village about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of
Chicago.
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