Disturbing new details in the shooting death of Bradley police sergeant Marlene Rittmanic were revealed in court Monday.
, who appeared in court through video, but is now also calling for the death penalty in what he called a"cold-blooded' killing.
According to Rowe, 25-year-old Darius Sullivan first shot Officer Bailey when the two officers knocked on their room at the Comfort Inn the night of December 29, then chased Rittmanic down the hallway of the hotel and shot her again. There was audible crying in the court room as Rowe described how Harris, Sullivan's girlfriend at the time, assisted in disarming Sgt. Rittmanic for Sullivan to shoot her. Rittmanic later died of her injuries.
After the shooting, Sullivan fled, according to police. Harris gathered her belongings and two children - who were also in the room at the time - and left the hotel, separate from Sullivan.
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