The Chicago Police Department are mourning an officer who was shot and killed in the Gage Park neighborhood Wednesday.
Officers were responding to a call of a person chasing a woman down the street with a gun. Police said as officers knocked on doors, another responding officer encountered the armed suspect who began running.Then immediately and without warning, police said the suspect shot at the officer. That officer was able to return fire.Brown said the officer who was killed was shot multiple times and the 18-year-old suspect was shot in the head. He is in critical condition.
"Our hearts go out to this young officer's family," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. "We need to lift them up in our prayers, wrap our arms around them as they go through this journey of grief and loss." The officer's name has not yet been released, but Brown said he was only on the force for about five years. The officer was based in CPD's Eighth District.Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas released a statement, saying in part, "The courageous men and women of the Chicago police department have suffered another tragic loss of one of their own to the ultimate sacrifice of protecting our communities.
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