Free Xandria Harris: Is Ms. Harris a Killer or a Woman Caught in a Tragedy She Didn’t Create?
By Aaron Robinson Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe, left, and Xandria Harris, right She did not fire the gun. Yet today, Xandria Harris, a mother of several children faces the same first-degree murder charges as the man who pulled the trigger. On December 29, 2021, officers responded to a call at the Comfort Inn in Bradley, Illinois. What began as a complaint about barking dogs ended in tragedy: Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic was killed, and Sgt. Tyler Bailey was seriously wounded. Darius Sullivan has since been convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But why is Harris standing trial as if she committed the same act? Prosecutors argue she was present and involved. They point to her actions before and after the shooting. During Sullivan’s trial, she refused to testify, even after being granted use of immunity and was sentenced to 10 years for contempt of court. Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott stated that refusal to testify must be deterred. Her defense tells a diffe...