A Chicago police officer has died after being shot multiple times in the Gage Park neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side while returning home from duty overnight.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, it transported an adult male from the scene to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
Chicago Police Department Supt. Larry Snelling confirmed in a briefing Sunday morning outside the University of Chicago Medical Center that the officer was pronounced dead.
Preliminary information from CPD indicates officers received a report of a person down around 3 a.m. Sunday in the 3100 block of West 56th Street. According to police dispatch audio, minutes before, a ShotSpotter alert was also received, indicating shots fired in the 5500 block of South Kedzie Avenue.
Selling said in Sunday morning’s briefing that the officer was two days shy of his 31st birthday and was a six-year CPD veteran.
“He was a just a great officer, great human being, and his family is dealing with a lot right now,” Snelling said.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the crime that led to the officer’s shooting. They say the officer’s car was missing, but they have not confirmed it was a carjacking.
Police have also not confirmed whether the officer’s duty weapon was recovered but say they are looking into it.
