The man accused of killing a Chicago police officer has been charged in his death,
An 18-year-old Illinois man has been formally charged in the death of aSteven Montano, a Chicago resident, faces several charges, including, aggravated discharge of a firearm and interfering with reporting domestic violence in the death of Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso.
Vasquez-Lasso, 32, was responding around 4:45 p.m. as Montano was chasing a woman across the street from an elementary school on the city's South Side, authorities said. Steven Montano, 18, is charged with killing Chicago police officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, 32, who was fatally shot during a chase, police said.
The officer was shot several times and Montano was shot in the head during a gunfire exchange. Vasquez-Lasso was rushed to the Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he died. Montano remains hospitalized. , witnesses said. Maria Davila told FOX Chicago she was at home watching a movie on her phone when the shooting happened. She went to her window and saw a man down in a parking lot next to the playground holding his chest and shouting.
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