KANKAKEE, Ill. (WBBM Newsradio) – Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of a woman accused of helping kill a Bradley police sergeant and critically wound another officer at a hotel in 2021.
Xandria Harris is charged in the death of 49-year-old Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and the shooting of Officer Tyler Bailey.
The officers were responding to a complaint about barking dogs at a hotel near Northfield Square Mall when they confronted Harris’ then-boyfriend, Darius Sullivan, at a hotel room door.
Investigators allege Harris helped disarm Rittmanic before Sullivan shot the officers.
Darius Sullivan (left) and Xandria Harris (right)
Illinois State Police
Sullivan was convicted of murder and is serving a mandatory life sentence.
Harris’ trial was halted last month, and the jurors who had been selected were released.
Proceedings are scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. Monday.
