Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s death Sunday marked at least the eighth time a police officer in Illinois has died by gunfire since 2020, according…
While incomplete, FBI data that tracks law enforcement officers killed or assaulted found that between 2015 to 2019, a total of 257 officers were killed nationwide.'s death Sunday marked at least the eighth time a police officer in Illinois has died by gunfire since 2020, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a national non-profit that keeps data on law enforcement deaths.was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood in August of 2021.
Forty-four were killed in what was described as an ambush, and 15 were classified as being killed in an unprovoked attack.What we do know: Chicago police responded to a report from gunfire from a ShotSpotter notification shortly around 2:53 a.m. Sunday in the 5500 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Gage Park.Supt. Larry Snelling told reporters
Police are investigating the circumstances of the shooting, including whether the incident began as a carjacking, according to officials.
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