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

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 

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