INDIANAPOLIS -- Attorneys representing a man charged in the killings of two women and their children in 2008 filed a motion Thursday for records pertaining to Officer David Bisard, who was the first responder to the scene.

Ronald Davis and four other people were charged in the killings of Andrea Yarrell, 24, Charlii Yarrell, 5 months, Gina Hunt, 24, and Jordan Hunt, 23 months, as they hid behind a bed in the 3200 block of Hovey Street.

Bisard and Officer Michael Forest were dispatched to the home after the first 911 call was received just before 10:28 p.m. from the victims, asking the police to "please hurry," according to the motion.

Davis' attorneys contend that it took too long for the officers to respond to the scene and that Bisard's recent arrest after striking motorcyclists in a fatal crash that happened last month after he had been drinking on duty, according to police, call the officer's performance into question in the 2008 slayings.

According to the filing, Bisard and Forest arrived at the home in which four people died at 10:58 p.m., a half-hour after the initial call, even though they had been patrolling in an area just a few minutes from the scene of the shooting, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.

The filing indicated that Bisard and Forest thought the initial call was bogus because a dispatcher gave an address across the street from 3283 N. Hovey St., where the killings happened.

Davis' attorneys said that "either Bissard (sic) or Forest responded that 'there's no such address, none whatsoever,'" when a dispatcher broadcast the address again after another 911 call at 10:45 p.m.

That call was made by someone who said they were on the phone with victims inside Hovey Street and had heard gunshots, according to the filing.

"The last call that we got was anonymous, so I think somebody's playing games here," the filing said either Bisard or Forest said in response to that call.

Davis' attorneys argue that the officers may have been negligent in the investigation, referring to handling of the dispatch, crime scene and subsequent issues involving Bisard.

When asked if a prompt response could have saved the victims' lives, Davis' attorney, Monica Foster, said it was impossible to say.

"The call was placed by the folks who ended up being the decedents while they were alive from inside the residence," she said. "Certainly, if I was the victims' loved ones, I would be thinking exactly that."

Foster said she's also concerned because Bisard's testimony about the crime scene will be critical to the defense in her case.

"It occurs to us that a person who is drunk on the job driving at high rates of speed at 11 in the morning has a very long-standing alcohol problem," she said. "And what we would like to know is did that alcohol problem go as far back as the Hovey Street run."

Andrea Yarrell's father, Lesley Yarrell, said he's disturbed by the new developments.

"If that's the case, he (Bisard) don't need to be on the force, because I could still have my baby and my grand baby," he said. "He need to get what's coming to him."

Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said Thursday that it's typical for defense attorneys to take this type of action, and that he doesn't see Bisard's involvement in the case as being critical.

A hearing on the motion will be held Tuesday.

Last month, Marion County Judge Mark Stoner denied a motion for a continuance filed by Davis' attorney. His trial in the death penalty case is set for Oct. 18.

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