Prosecutors also said Monday that suspect Darius Sullivan likely shot and killed Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic with her own service weapon as she pleaded for her life.
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County prosecutors noted that Illinois does not have the death penalty at the state level, but “under these circumstances the United States Attorney General can authorize the filing of a petition to seek the death penalty in a federal murder case.” Bailey entered the hotel and met with Rittmanic. Bailey asked if there were any rooms booked under Harris or Sullivan’s names, and the clerk told him and Rittmanic that room 308 had been booked under Sullivan’s name, prosecutors said.
Bailey knocked a third time and asked Harris if she was coming out, prosecutors said. He kept waiting and knocking, while Harris said she had to get dressed, and claimed that she, her sister, and some kids were in the room, prosecutors said. Sullivan then chased Rittmanic down the hallway and pinned her up against a door, prosecutors said. His gun became jammed at that point, and he began trying to unjam his own gun with his left hand while also trying to disarm Rittmanic with the other, prosecutors said.