On Tuesday, after a two-day bench trial, Jason Phipps, 40, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting his wife.
The parents of Jill Phipps speak on her murder — and the missed opportunities from Indiana's red flag laws.A man who Indianapolis police seized a firearm from under Indiana's red flag law has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting his wife.
"It's been a long, long, long time coming," Brenda Limbach, Jill Phipps' mother, told IndyStar Tuesday. Marion Superior Judge Angela Davis found that"sudden heat" was a factor in the crime, which reduces a murder charge into a lower charge of voluntary manslaughter under Indiana law. Sudden heat means intense emotions like fear or anger prevent someone from premeditating their crime.Weeks prior to the shooting, police seized a handgun from Jason Phipps after an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officer responded to an incident at the Phipps' residence.
The firearm seizure was never followed with a red flag court proceeding against Jason Phipps — a key step in the process that may have temporarily suspended his right to own a gun.'He destroyed her'The morning she was shot, one of their children told police Jason Phipps"sometimes hit Jill." They'd intervene to stop it when it happened, the child said.
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