{"id":156592,"date":"2022-01-05T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=156592"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T00:23:13","slug":"illinois-police-officer-begged-for-her-life-before-being-shot-with-her-own-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/illinois-police-officer-begged-for-her-life-before-being-shot-with-her-own-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Police Officer Begged for Her Life Before Being Shot with Her Own Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic was shot and killed last week. (Photo: Bradley Police Department Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An Illinois police officer was shot and killed with her own service weapon as she begged for her life, law enforcement officials told reporters this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, 49, was killed by Darius Sullivan, 25, and Xandria Harris, 26, as Rittmanic and her partner were investigating a noise complaint at an inn near Kankakee, Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSgt. Rittmanic was pleading with them to, \u2018Just leave, you don\u2019t have to do this, please just go, please don\u2019t, please don\u2019t,\u2019\u201d Jim Rowe, the Kankakee County state\u2019s attorney, told reporters<\/a>. \u201cShe was desperately pleading for her life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators arrested Harris and Sullivan after a brief manhunt, and prosecutors are asking federal officials to seek the death penalty. The pair have been charged with first-degree murder of a police officer, and attempted first-degree murder of a police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rittmanic\u2019s partner, 27-year-old Tyler Bailey, is fighting for his life after being shot in the head by Sullivan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The incident began when Rittmanic and Bailey were called to a hotel on Dec. 29 to investigate barking dogs that someone had left in a car in the parking lot. When they determined that the car belonged to Harris, they knocked on the door to her room. She refused to open the door for 14 minutes until finally cracking it open and trying to squeeze through and close the door behind her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n