Chicago police announced charges in the murder of Chicago police officer Enrique Martinez, who was shot and killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop…
Darian McMillan, 23, has been charged with one count of felony first-degree murder of a police officer and one count of felony first-degree murder in addition to several other charges, including one count of felony residential burglary and one felony count of attempted murder of a police officer."This offender is a convicted felon who was on electronic monitoring out of Will County.
Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti offered additional details on the traffic stop that led to the fatal shooting of Martinez. According to Ursitti, Martinez and his partner were speaking with the driver of the vehicle when after noticing that McMillan, who was in the front passenger seat, had reached for a bag on the floor of the vehicle.
"The vehicle crashed into a parked car, coming to a stop a short distance later. McMillan fled the vehicle and entered a first-floor apartment with a woman inside. McMillan found a knife he used to cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and then fled the scene," Ursitti said. The woman was unharmed in the incident.
Mayor Brandon Johnson expressed his condolences for Martinez's family, while referencing a shooting in West Rogers Park late last month in which officers and paramedics were fired upon after an Orthodox Jewish man was shot in a hate crime.
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