NEW: Responding to a call for medical help, police in Indianapolis tased, tackled, handcuffed and suffocated musical prodigy Herman Whitfield III to death on April 25, 2022. After being rescheduled numerous times, a five-day criminal trial started on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 for two of the officers responsible for killing 39-year-old Whitfield III — Steven Sanchez and Adam Ahmad are both charged with manslaughter, reckless homicide, and battery.