A mentally disabled man convicted of killing an Indianapolis police officer was sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting his then-girlfriend, but that time has expired for the officer’s murder. .
Elias Dorsey, 31, of Indianapolis, was convicted of reckless homicide in the 2020 killing of Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Police Officer Brianne Reese while responding to a domestic violence call, but he was mentally ill. I was reading.
The jury also found him guilty of criminal recklessness but mentally ill against three other officers who responded to the call, and guilty but mentally ill of the attempted murder and confinement of his then-girlfriend Aisha Brown. It was decided that there was.
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A Marion County judge on Thursday sentenced Dorsey to just over five years in prison for Reese’s murder, but credited him with good behavior and counted the years he had already spent in prison since his arrest. .
A judge sentenced Dorsey to 40 years in prison, suspended for 15 years, for shooting Brown as he fled from his apartment on the city’s east side. He served 25 years with the state Department of Corrections and will be required to serve 15 years of probation with special mental health treatment requirements upon his release.
Eliaz Dorsey, who was found guilty in the 2020 murder of Indianapolis police officer Brianne Reese, was mentally ill. (Indianapolis Police Department, Associated Press, File)
In January, a judge granted the state’s motion to dismiss the death penalty charges after doctors diagnosed Dorsey with a mental illness.
IMPD Chief Chris Bailey said in a statement that he is “deeply disappointed” in Dorsey’s sentence and that “Officer Reese, her son, and her family have not been given the justice they deserve.” He added that Mr. Dorsey also attempted to kill other police officers and Mr. Brown.
Mayor Joe Hogsett said as a former federal prosecutor he respects the judicial system.
“However, as the mayor of the City of Indianapolis, as the chief elected official to whom IMPD directly reports, as a father, and as a member of this community, I am shocked and deeply disappointed by the court’s decision today. “I am doing so,” he said. he said in a statement.
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Police said Reese, 24, was shot twice in the head through the door of an Indianapolis apartment in April 2020 while responding to a domestic violence call involving Dorsey. Reese and three other officers responded.
