Court hearing canceled for man charged in IMPD officer’s death
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The man accused of killing an Indianapolis police officer was due in court on Friday. However, his case will be continued at a later date, court officials said.
Major Davis, Jr. is accused of shooting IMPD Officer Perry Renn to death on July 5, 2014. Davis was also shot and critically wounded by Officer Renn, but survived.
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Davis faces the death penalty if convicted.
“It is clear that there are those in our city who believe that our police officers are fair game,” Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said last year. “Make no mistake, we will prosecute you to the maximum extent possible under the law.”
Curry said there were two aggravating circumstances that support a death penalty case: that Davis killed Renn while Renn was on duty as a police officer, and that the murder was motivated by an act Renn performed while acting in the course of his duty as an officer.
Court records show that Davis could be back in court on Dec. 11.
