VIGO COUNTY, Ind – Two Vigo County residents are facing federal charges for allegedly making an illegal purchase of the gun that was used to kill Terre Haute Police Officer Rob Pitts.
United States Attorney Josh Minkler held press conference Monday morning where he formally announced the charges against 33-year-old Tiffany N. Dean, of West Terre Haute, and her brother 20-year-old Levi M. Brenton, 20, of Terre Haute.
Mindler discribes what happened
Minkler said that Dean made a “straw purchase” or a “lie and buy”
Brenton then allegedly sold the gun for to Christopher Wolfe for $350.
Wolfe then used that gun to shoot and kill a man at a house on South 18th Street and then to shoot and kill Officer Pitts.
Wolfe died after being shot by police during that shootout with police at the Garden Quarter Apartments.
Dean faces a charge of making a false statement when purchasing a firearm.
Brenton faces charges including conspiracy to make false statements when purchasing a firearm, possession of a firearm by an unlawful drug user, and selling or giving a firearm to an unlawful drug user.