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Investigators are looking for 26-year-old Terrione R. Thomas of Baton Rouge. He is wanted for two counts of second-degree murder, police said.

Thomas and his lawyers contended the shooting was self-defense. He was afraid for his life, since Nicholas Lile grabbed Thomas by the neck, choked him and took him to the ground punching him, then threatened to kill him. Thomas pulled out a gun, identified himself as a police officer and fired a single shot, according to court records.

The defendant failed to uphold his responsibilities as a police officer when he shot and killed a man last year after being invited into the mans basement for drinks, the

Timothy R. Thomas, 40, also was found guilty during a subsequent bench trial of a firearm enhancement in the fatal shooting of Nicholas Lile, 42, in the basement of Liles

Timothy R. Thomas, 40, also was found guilty during a subsequent bench trial of a firearm enhancement in the fatal shooting of Nicholas Lile, 42, in the basement of Liles

Timothy R. Thomas, 40, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, aggravated battery and battery in the death of Nicholas Lile, 42, who died early Jan. 3 after Thomas

Judge in murder case against VA police officer allows both sides to seek more records by   Timothy R. Thomas, a police officer with the Department of Veterans affairs, is charged with murdering Navy veteran Nicholas Lile, 42, on Jan. 3 while drinking with their spouses and friends in the basement of Liles’ Lowell, Ind. home. (Lake County Sheriff) CROWN POINT, Ind. — A suspended U.S. Veterans Affairs police officer’s attorneys can subpoena a cellphone provider for call records for t...

CROWN POINT — A U.S. Veterans Affairs police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a Navy veteran earlier this year appeared in court Friday once again free on bond. Timothy R. Thomas, 40, of Highland, posted a $7,000 cash bond Thursday afternoon after Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez granted his petition to let bail. Thomas appeared before Vasquez on Friday morning, along with attorneys Christopher Cooper and Ben Murphy. Thomas had requested a "gag order" against ...

CROWN POINT — Defense attorneys questioned the wife of a slain Navy veteran Thursday about secret recordings she made of phone calls between herself and her best friend, a witness to her husband’s homicide. Jessika Lile said she made the recordings after learning her friend, Angela Gauler, initially told Lake County sheriffs police she saw defendant Timothy R. Thomas and Nicholas Lile in a "physical altercation" seconds before Thomas fatally shot Nicholas Lile. Thomas, 40, of Highland...