Chicago Police Officer Andres Vasquez-Lasso was shot and killed responding to a domestic violence call in Gage Park a week ago, and his family, friends and colleagues at the department have begun to say their goodbyes at a memorial service Wednesday.
All levels of law enforcement were in attendance at his visitation Wednesday, while Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker paid the family a visit as well to honor a main who made the ultimate sacrifice.
“It’s devastating,” said 23rd Ward Ald. Silvana Tabares. “I came here today to support the family to pay my respects to Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso," she added."Their pain is our pain.” Inside the Oak Lawn funeral home, Officer Vasquez Lasso’s coffin was draped in a Chicago flag. Outside, a line wrapped around the building with people waiting to pay their respects. Tabares represents the ward where Vasquez Lasso lived and worked. She described the mood inside the visitation.“This is one of the saddest ones I’ve ever seen," said former alderman Bob Fioretti."I walked in that room and you could have heard a pin drop.
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