The Chicago Police Department is mourning one of its own after an officer was killed in the line of duty. First responders and citizens lined city streets for blocks to pay their respects as dozens of police cars escorted the body of the fallen officer from Mount Sinai Hospital to the medical examiner’s office. The officer has been identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Andres Vasquez Lasso, 32. The Associated Press has the story:
Chicago Cop dies, suspect injured in shootout
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A Chicago police officer has died after being wounded during a shootout while responding to a call of a man chasing a woman with a gun, authorities said.
Chicago police officers and firefighters salute a procession carrying the remains of a Chicago police officer who was shot and killed as it arrives at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The male officer was shot on the city’s Southwest Side while responding to a call of a man chasing a woman with a gun, Police Superintendent David Brown said. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Chicago police officers and firefighters salute a procession carrying the remains of a Chicago police officer who was shot and killed as it arrives at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Chicago. The officer was shot and killed in the 5200 block of S. Spaulding Ave. in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
“At close range shots were exchanged between the offender and our officer who is now deceased,” Brown said in a news conference outside Mount Sinai Hospital.
The officer shot back and wounded the suspect in the head, Brown said. The suspect, identified as an 18-year-old with one prior violation, was in critical condition Wednesday night.
Chicago police work the scene where a Chicago police officer was shot and killed along with a suspect who was seriously wounded in the 5200 block of S. Spaulding Ave., in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
The officer had five years on the job, Brown said.
“He had a bright future ahead of him,” the superintendent said.
Chicago firefighters stand at attention waiting for a procession to arrive to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office which is carrying the remains of a police officer who was shot and killed in the 5200 block of S. Spaulding Ave. in the Gage Parking neighborhood of Chicago, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
“Tragedy has befallen the Chicago Police Department and, really, the city,” Lightfoot said.
Chicago police officers and firefighters salute a procession carrying the remains of a Chicago police officer who was shot and killed as it arrives at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The male officer was shot on the city’s Southwest Side while responding to a call of a man chasing a woman with a gun, Police Superintendent David Brown said. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
