Chicago police are asking for the public's help identifying a person of interest wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in Gage Park over the weekend.
Chicago police are asking for the public's help identifying a person of interest wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in Gage Park over the weekend.Police said the person of interest should be considered armed and dangerous.Just before 3 a.m. early Sunday, officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert near 55th Street and Kedzie Avenue and found Officer Luis M. Huesca suffering from multiple gunshot wounds nearby.
Police spent several hours on Monday going door to door searching for more surveillance footage and speaking with neighbors. A growing memorial of candles and flowers is now outside Huesca's home, along with bullet holes in the garage door.Huesca was close friends with Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso, who was killed in a domestic dispute last year.Huesca was also assigned to the same station, CPD's District 5, where Officer Areana Preston worked.
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