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PHILLIP LEE SUED IN CONNECTION WITH PIT BULL ATTACK

(Richmond, IN)--It’s the least of his legal worries, but Phillip Lee, the man charged with shooting and killing RPD Officer Seara Burton last year, is now being sued in connection with a pit bull attack.    About three weeks before Seara was shot, Lee’s pit bull attacked Chelsea Saylor when Saylor was visiting a friend at a multi-unit apartment on Tenth Street.  According to the lawsuit, Saylor was injured so severely that she spent six days in intensive care and then had to undergo therapy for weeks to re-learn to walk.  Saylor is seeking unspecified damages against Lee and the property owners.  Lee’s murder trial still remains scheduled for February of 2025.