Cleveland Firefighter Johnny Tetrick was killed in November 2022.
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The bench trial for the driver accused of hitting and killing Cleveland Firefighter Johnny Tetrick in November 2022 is scheduled to begin Monday in front of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick.
Leander Bissell, 41, of Cleveland, was indicted on the charges of murder, felonious assault, involuntary manslaughter, failure to stop after an accident, failure to comply and aggravated vehicular homicide.According to the Bratenahl police report, Bissell was drunk when he hit Cleveland Firefighter Tetrick, 51, on Nov. 19, 2022.Firefighter Tetrick was assisting with a rollover crash, when he was struck. He died from his injures at University Hospitals just before 9 p.m.
On March 29, Bissell pleaded guilty to an unrelated drug trafficking charge. He faces a mandatory 18-months in prison; however, his sentencing will not happen until after the charges connected to the firefighter’s murder are resolved.
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