A Kankakee County jury found Xandria Harris guilty of first-degree murder and other felonies in the 2021 shooting death of Bradley police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic.

A Kankakee County jury convicted Xandria Harris late Friday of first-degree murder of a peace officer, attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, finding she helped set up the shooting that killed Bradley police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic and wounded Officer Tyler Bailey in December 2021.

The panel of seven women and five men deliberated a little more than four hours before returning the verdict. Harris, 30, a mother of four, cried and shook as the findings were read in the Kankakee County courtroom, where families connected to both sides of the case had packed the gallery throughout the two-week trial.

Prosecutors said Harris bought time for her boyfriend, Darius Sullivan, to load a firearm inside a Comfort Inn hotel room on Dec. 29, 2021, before she opened the door to officers who had come to investigate a report of dogs left inside a vehicle. Sullivan, who had outstanding warrants at the time, opened fire on Rittmanic and Bailey once the door came open, according to prosecutors. Sullivan was convicted separately and sentenced for the shooting.

Body camera footage played for jurors showed roughly 13 minutes of officers knocking on the hotel room door before the shooting began. Prosecutors pointed to additional footage from after the initial gunfire, which they said showed a struggle between Rittmanic and Sullivan after his weapon jammed. According to prosecutors, Harris helped Sullivan get hold of a second firearm during that struggle, and that weapon was used to fire the shot into Rittmanic's neck that killed her.

Prosecutors also told jurors that after Sullivan fled to Indiana, Harris packed weapons and ammunition magazines rather than clothes or toys for her children before driving to meet him at his mother's house.

Harris's defense team, led by attorney Cierra Norris, argued she was "cornered, conditioned and controlled" by Sullivan during their eight-year relationship, describing a pattern of domestic violence on top of childhood abuse Harris said she suffered at the hands of her father. Norris told jurors the police response at the hotel left Harris trapped between armed officers on one side and Sullivan on the other, with no way to comply with police commands without risking her own safety.

Harris testified in her own defense this week, telling jurors Sullivan held a gun to her head as officers stood outside the door. Her attorneys pointed to audio they said was captured on Rittmanic's body camera, arguing it showed Sullivan feeding Harris instructions in the background. "I can hear him talking to her in the background telling her what to say," the defense argued the recording revealed. The defense also introduced medical records showing years of diagnoses for depression and anxiety, and Harris testified she had hidden the abuse from her own family as well as from police.

Prosecutors used Harris's own testimony against her in closing arguments Friday, arguing her claims of fearing for her life and her children's lives did not match her actions in the hotel room and in the hours after the shooting. They also played footage they said showed Harris holding a magazine for one of the weapons used against the officers.

Closing arguments had been delayed a day after a juror was dismissed from the case, pushing the proceedings into a second week before the panel finally got the case Friday afternoon.

Rittmanic, a sergeant with the Bradley Police Department, died from her injuries after the shooting. Bailey, her partner that night, survived but was seriously wounded. Officers from multiple police departments attended hearings in both trials in support of Rittmanic's family.

Harris now faces a sentence of up to life in prison on the murder conviction. She is scheduled to return to court next month for a status hearing, where a sentencing date is expected to be set.