GUILTY IN - Officer Jeffrey Westerfield, 47, fatally shot, Gary, 6 July 2014

[Indy Anna]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...o-months-SWAT-Team-raid-led-arrest-three.html

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• Gary, Indian, police Officer Jeffrey Westerfield was found fatally shot in his patrol car early Sunday morning
• Police say he had been responding to a call just prior to the discovery of his body
• It was Westerfield's 47th birthday
• A SWAT team later raided a nearby home and arrested three men inside
• At least one of the men is considered a person of interest in the death of Westerfield
• Westerfield is a father of four and a veteran of Operation Desert Storm
• He and his fiance had planned to get married in August

 

[Indy Anna]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...icer-shot-and-killed-20140706,0,2117576.story

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Authorities have taken three people into custody as they investigate the fatal shooting of a Gary police officer Sunday morning.

Sheriff John Buncich described one of the men as a "person of interest" in the slaying of Officer Jeffrey Westerfield, who was killed as he sat in his patrol car.

Buncich said the other two were arrested along with the suspect about 3 p.m. at a home in the 2600 block of Jackson Street, around the corner from where Westerfield was killed.

 

[Indy Anna]

Visitation and Funeral Services Arranged

Visitation will be held Sunday from 2-8 p.m. at the Genesis Convention Center in downtown Gary at Broadway and 5th Avenue.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-gary-police-officer-20140710,0,5521996.story

 

[Indy Anna]

http://fox59.com/2014/07/13/157176/

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Fallen Gary Police officer Jeffrey Westerfield will be laid to rest, Monday, after he was gunned down one week ago.

His family received some comfort, Sunday, from the family of fallen Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer Perry Renn.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/...cle_ba0cd9fa-ad55-561a-884c-2f94da53af6b.html

Carl Blount, 26, of Gary, is charged with murder in Westerfield's death. The Lake County prosecutor's office is seeking the death penalty for Blount...

Westerfield died from a gunshot wound in his squad car, police said. He was in the area searching for Blount, who was a suspect in a domestic disturbance.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/specia...cle_657109f2-9bf2-54a9-9fd8-9d75a9749c3d.html

A jury trial date remains uncertain in the state's capital case against a man accused of shooting to death Gary Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield...

One of his three public defense attorneys, Richard Wolter, told Cappas they were waiting for a DNA report in the case. Wolter said the report is expected to be completed by the end of the month.

Wolter said they should be prepared to select a trial date by the next omnibus hearing, which is now scheduled for March 9.

 

[0101ABA]

Trial set in homicide of Gary Patrolman Westerfield

The state and defense will begin selecting a jury Jan. 9, 2017, to decide the fate of a man accused of shooting to death Gary Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield.

Carl Blount, 27, of Gary and Portage, was in court Wednesday for an omnibus hearing in front of Lake County Criminal Judge Samuel Cappas.

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The state and defense will begin selecting a jury Jan. 9, 2017. The process is expected to last about a month. The state will begin presenting evidence Feb. 6, 2017.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/crime-...cle_0a068632-3312-5d38-9027-0b020a1e9731.html

 

[0101ABA]

Accused cop killer files appeal in lawsuit

Accused cop killer Major Davis II is fighting back in court. (...) This week he filed an appeal in his lawsuit against police. Davis claims no one called for an ambulance for him after he had been shot.

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Davis is not asking for any specific amount of money, which is a change from his original lawsuit. That lawsuit was thrown out by a judge.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/c...eal-in-lawsuit

 

[0101ABA]

Juror questionnaires in death penalty case nearly complete

The questionnaires that will be mailed to prospective jurors in the capital murder case of a Gary man charged with killing a Gary police Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield in July 2014 are nearly complete.

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Lake Superior Court Judge Samuel Cappas set June 1 as the next hearing in the case.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Jan. 9, 2017, and evidence will be presented starting Feb. 6, 2017.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...b-blount-in-court-st-0421-20160420-story.html

 

[0101ABA]

Prosecutors have filed additional charges against a man accused of killing of a Gary police officer.

They filed charges of intimidation, battery and carrying a handgun without a license Wednesday against 27-year-old Carl Blount. He's also charged with murder in the July 6, 2014, shooting death of Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield.

http://abc7chicago.com/news/man-accused-of-killing-gary-officer-faces-new-charges/1407015/

 

[0101ABA]

The death penalty trial of a man charged in the 2014 killing of a Gary police officer is now expected to begin Jan. 30.

In a brief hearing Tuesday in Crown Point, defense attorney Rich Wolter Jr., said the delay was necessary "to accommodate some jury selection process matters," and was agreed to by prosecutors. The trial had been expected to being three weeks earlier.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...uestionnaire-near-st-0803-20160802-story.html

 

[0101ABA]

Blount, who is accused of fatally shooting Gary police officer Jeffrey Westerfield, and Darren Vann, accused of slaying seven women, are each facing the death penalty in cases before the Lake County Superior Court.

They each have argued in recent court filings that Indiana's death penalty law is unconstitutional.

On Thursday, their attorneys presented their arguments before a judge.

While the two defendants have separate, unrelated cases, their attorneys made many of the same arguments, even playing off what happened in the other's hearing. Lawyers on both sides got into the nitty gritty of their arguments, with Judge Samuel Cappas flipping through a reference book as the attorneys referenced stacks of court cases.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...-penalty-hearings-st-0923-20160923-story.html

 

[0101ABA]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...unt-trial-hearing-st-1027-20161026-story.html

With a trial date four months away, attorneys involved in the capital murder case of a man charged with killing a Gary police officer appeared in court Wednesday for a status hearing.

Lead defense counsel Rich Wolter Jr., said discovery continues, and additional depositions were scheduled for later Wednesday as both sides prepare for the trial of Carl Le'Ellis Blount (...)

 

[0101ABA]

Attorneys and Judge Samuel Cappas continued the laborious process Thursday afternoon of laying the groundwork for the trial of Carl Blount, who faces the death penalty on allegations he murdered Gary Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield.

Cappas dismissed several prospective jurors parties agreed were disqualified to serve at trial, including a Lake County Sheriff&#8217;s Department corrections officer, a non-native English speaking Croatian woman, and a Jehovah&#8217;s witness who opposed the death penalty.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/crime-...cle_2b9f6218-5d5c-5900-b179-5231360bf3ab.html

 

[0101ABA]

Jurors in the death penalty trial of a man charged with murder in the 2014 shooting death of a Gary patrolman will not be taken to view the crime scene, a judge ruled Monday.

However, Lake Superior Court Judge Samuel Cappas said he would allow the defense team representing Carl Blount to renew its request once the capital murder trial has begun.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...tb-blount-hearing-st-1220-20161219-story.html

 

[0101ABA]

BREAKING: Blount pleads to cop killing, spared death penalty

Carl Blount will be spared the death penalty after he pleaded guilty Monday morning to murder in the death of Gary patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield.

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Members of Westerfield's family said the family may make a statement regarding the officer's death after Blount's sentencing hearing, which is scheduled for Feb. 8.

 

[0101ABA]

Man gets life for fatally shooting Indiana police officer

A man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting an Indiana police officer sitting in his patrol car.

Carl Le'Ellis Blount learned his sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to murder last month in the July 6, 2014, slaying of Gary Patrolman Jeffrey Westerfield.