A Chicago police officer was shot and killed in front of kids playing, witnesses said.
FOX 32 Chicago reports on the Chicago police officer who was killed on the job March 1 in Gage Park.
Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso, 32, was shot several times as he chased an armed suspect Wednesday near Sawyer Elementary School,"There were a lot of kids because it happened in front of the school," a woman, who did not want to be named for her safety, told the news outlet."And they go there to play. And we thought it was safe, so we would go and let them play there. But now it’s changed.
She said her 10-year-old sister was playing with other kids when they saw the suspect pull a gun on Vazquez-Lasso. They heard gunfire and"ran as quickly as possible just to get to safety," the woman said. returned fire and shot the 18-year-old suspect in the head. The suspect remains in critical condition, police said Wednesday. The officer was taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he died.
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