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Former cop charged in shooting death gets trial date
Post-Tribune (IN)
January 24, 2017
www.newsbank.com
A summer trial date has been set for a former Hammond and Gary police officer accused of killing the mother of his three children in 2015.
Kevin Campbell has pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend, Tiara Thomas, 30, in Porter County Superior Court and is being held without bond.
At a hearing Monday, Campbell's trial was scheduled to begin Aug. 8, going a few days a week for three weeks, concluding Aug. 24. He also has hearings scheduled for April 24 and July 10.
Thomas was found with gunshot wounds to her chest, head and both wrists the morning of Nov. 18, 2015, at the Portage apartment she shared with her fiance in the 5900 block of Old Porter Road in the Park Place apartment complex. She died a short time later at a Gary hospital.
When Campbell was arrested, Portage police said there may have been a financial motive involved. Campbell's vehicle was repossessed, and he and Thomas argued about child support payments, according to charging documents. Police also found numerous voice mails from creditors on Campbell's cellphone, and he had a bank account balance of $7.58 when Thomas died, court documents said.
Campbell was terminated from the Hammond Police Department five days after Thomas' body was discovered. He previously worked as an officer with the Gary Police Department.
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