INDIANAPOLIS — The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed to dismiss the death penalty against Elliahs Dorsey, the man accused of killing IMPD officer Breann Leath in 2020 .
The prosecutor’s office says Dorsey has been deemed mentally ill, and is now ineligible for the death penalty.
Leath and three other officers were answering a domestic disturbance call at an east-side apartment complex near 21 st Street and Shadeland Avenue when they knocked on a door.
Prosecutors say Dorsey fired shots through the closed door, striking Leath. She died of two gunshots to the head.
Dorsey also shot and wounded a woman who tried to run from the apartment, prosecutors say.
He told police he thought someone was attempting to get to him , so he fired his gun when he heard a knock on the door.
Dorsey has been charged with murder, four counts of attempted murder, criminal confinement and battery.
Previously, a Marion County judge denied a motion for dismissal of the death penalty filed by Dorsey’s defense team in March 2023.