Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered all Illinois flags to fly at half-staff in honor and remembrance of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca, who was shot and…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered all Illinois flags to fly at half-staff in honor and remembrance of Chicago PoliceAccording to an announcement, flags were ordered to be lowered beginning Wednesday. They will remain at half-staff until Monday, when, was found gunned down in the early morning hours of April 21, in the 3100 block of West 56th Street in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood. According to officials, he had been returning home from a shift when he was shot and killed.
“The officer was wearing his uniform, he had something covering it up,” Supt. Larry Snelling said during a recent press conference. “We’re still at preliminary stages right now.” The first footage was captured at 10 p.m. Saturday at a Marathon gas station near 63rd and Sacramento wearing a black jacket and grey sweatshirt. Then, around 11 p.m., the man was seen at a Citgo near 59th and California, this time wearing what appears to be different attire and shoes.
The owner of a nearby building provided officers with surveillance video that showed a person “wearing a construction vest walking westbound on 56Late Monday evening, Chicago Police released surveillance photos and videos from nearby convenience stores showing a Black male wearing a black - and later - a grey coat with neon yellow striping.
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