KILLINGS TRIAL SCHEDULED TO GET BEGIN THIS WEEK; JURY SELECTION UNDERWAY

            JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR IN THE TRIAL AGAINST A FORMER SHERIFF’S DETECTIVE, RON KILLINGS, WHO IS CHARGED WITH HITTING AND KILLING 11-YEAR OLD LAKEISHA WHITE OF HOPKINSVILLE IN MURFREESBORO DURING THE SUMMER OF 2008.

            MULTIPLE MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE JURY SELECTION WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN HAMILTON COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT AROUND EIGHT O’CLOCK THIS (MONDAY) MORNING WITH THE TRIAL SCHEDULED TO START TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.

            KILLINGS WAS CHARGED WITH RECKLESS HOMICIDE AFTER HE REPORTEDLY HIT AND KILLED WHITE ON BRADYVILLE PIKE AROUND 8:45 THE EVENING OF JULY 17^TH, 2008. AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH, MURFREESBORO POLICE REPORTEDLY SAID THE INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT WHITE, WHO WAS VISITING FAMILY IN MURFREESBORO, DARTED OUT IN FRONT OF KILLINGS WHO WAS EN ROUTE TO THE SCENE OF A BURGLARY CALL. WITNESSES REPORTEDLY STATED THAT KILLINGS’ EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE NOT ACTIVATED AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION.