Benjamin Ritchie, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Indiana State Prison on Tuesday, May 20 Ritchie was convicted of fatally shooting Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney in 2000 ...

An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years.

Indiana will execute Benjamin Ritchie early May 20, 2025 more than two decades after his murder conviction in the killing of Beech Grove officer William Toney.

Ritchie was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of Beech Grove officer William Toney. A slew of last-minute appeals were unsuccessful.

Indiana executes Benjamin Ritchie for young police officer's murder. Widow honors victim. The Beech Grove Police Department had never seen an officer killed by gunfire before the year 2000, when a ...

Death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie was executed by lethal injection shortly after midnight Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, according to Department of Correction officials.

An Indiana man who was convicted of killing a police officer two decades ago is set to be the second person executed in the state since 2009. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, is scheduled to die by lethal ...

Benjamin Ritchie, 45, has been awaiting the death penalty for more than 20 years after being convicted of fatally shooting Beech Grove Police Officer Bill Toney on September 29 2000.