The death of Officer Luis M. Huesca will be classified as line of duty. Huesca was driving home from his shift Sunday when he was slain in an apparent carjacking.
Read More →Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 3 a.m. and found Officer Luis Huesca outside of his vehicle and wounded. He died at a local hospital.
Read More →According to Illinois State Police, a preliminary investigation showed Deputy Christina Musil, 35, was sitting in her squad car on the right shoulder, when she was hit.
Read More →According to the filing, Glock is accused of endangering Chicagoans by manufacturing and selling semi-automatic pistols that can be easily converted to machine guns using devices commonly known as “auto sears” or “switches.”
Read More →A 12-person jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and attempted murder charges Tuesday, more than two and a half years after he killed Officer Ella French and critically wounded her partner, Officer Carlos Yanez Jr.
Read More →Somehow the suspect got close enough to the trooper to beat him with an empty handgun, inflicting serious facial injuries.
Read More →After seeing his K-9 partner Nyx suffering from gunshot wounds, Officer Vargas reportedly spotted the suspect across the street.
Read More →The Chicago Police Department began encrypting some radio channels over a year ago. Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration claimed encoding was necessary because criminals were monitoring the airwaves.
Read More →The Cook County Medical Examiner has identified the officer as 35-year-old Edwin Espinoza.
Read More →Officers approached the two people in the car and one of them would not comply with the officers. After a struggle, the person fired several shots at one of the officers.
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