Chicago Police officer shot and killed Sunday eulogized fallen colleague last year
CHICAGO -- Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca was shot and killed while off duty, but in uniform, in the Southwest Side's Gage Park neighborhood early Sunday morning.Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert just before 3 a.m. After touring the area, officers drove to the 3100 block of West 56th Street, near Kedzie Avenue, where the off-duty officer was found outside with gunshot wounds, police said.
A year later, Officer Huesca's own words to describe his fallen colleague have become a chilling reminder of the challenges police officers face each day on the job.Huesca, a six-year veteran rom the force, was just two days away from his 31st birthday.He worked in the Calumet District on the South Side as a member of the Priority Response team – and is the first officer in the department to be killed this year.
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