Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson did not make an appearance at the funeral of fallen police officer Luis Huesca this week after the family of the deceased told him he was not welcome.
The mayor of Chicago did not attend the funeral of a fallen police officer because the family of the deceased said he was not welcome, according to reports. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was scheduled to attend the funeral of Officer Luis Huesca, 30, who was killed while off-duty last month. Johnson's schedule was later updated to show he would not be attending and he did not make an apperance at the event.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza claimed on social media that she had personally conveyed the family's wishes to the mayor's office. 'Last night at Ofc. Huesca's visitation, his grief stricken mother asked Rep. Angelica Guerrero Cuellar and me to please tell he was unwelcome at her son's funeral,' Mendoza wrote. 'We both called him before 10pm asking he please honor her wishes.
Huesca, who was off-duty and returning home, responded to a gunshot alert on April 21 and found a wounded officer who had been carjacked on the city's Southwest Side. Huesca was shot multiple times by the suspect around 3:00AM and was pronounced dead after arriving at a nearby hospital. Johnson published a written statement mourning the death of Huesca and expressing condolences to the family.
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