{"id":2226741,"date":"2024-04-21T22:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-officer-shot-dead-and-has-car-taken-during-commute-home-officials\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:05:14","slug":"chicago-police-officer-shot-dead-and-has-car-taken-during-commute-home-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-officer-shot-dead-and-has-car-taken-during-commute-home-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago police officer fatally shot and car stolen during commute home: Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-police-officer-shot-dead-and-has-car-taken-during-commute-home-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2226741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Chicago Police Department \u2062officer, Luis Huesca, 30,\u200c was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-dismiss-a-literal-political-assassination-attempt-because-it-doesnt-fit-their-narrative\/\" title=\"Media Dismiss A Literal Political Assassination Attempt Because It Doesn\u2019t Fit Their Narrative\">tragically shot<\/a> and killed on his way home from work.\u2064 He suffered\u200c multiple gunshot wounds \u2064and was\u2063 found \u2063near 56th Street and\u2064 South Kedzie Avenue, his car missing. The incident was detected through \u2063a gunshot alert, and Mayor Brandon Johnson extended \u2064condolences to Huesca&#8217;s family and colleagues. \u2062Chicago Police\u200b Department \u2062officer\u200b Luis Huesca,\u2063 aged 30, was\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunman-opens-fire-at-church-christmas-concert-police-rush-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Gunman Opens Fire at Church Christmas Concert, Police Rush To Intervene\">fatally shot<\/a> on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-withdrawals-120-troops-from-israel\/\" title=\"U.S. withdrawals 120 troops from Israel\">journey home<\/a> from work. Discovered near 56th Street and South Kedzie Avenue\u2064 with \u200bhis vehicle gone,\u200d he had sustained\u200c multiple \u2062gunshot wounds. \u200bThe tragic event was\u2062 identified through a gunshot alert,\u200c prompting Mayor Brandon Johnson to offer sympathies to Huesca&#8217;s loved ones and \u200bco-workers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chicago<\/a> Police Department <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>officer<\/a> was <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gun-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fatally shot<\/a> early Sunday morning while on his way home from work.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Huesca, 30, suffered multiple gunshot wounds around 2:53 a.m. before he was discovered on the ground near 56th Street and South Kedzie Avenue with his car missing. Huesca was wearing his uniform under a jacket at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/chicago-police-officer-shot-overnight-department\/story?id=109471958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling. A gunshot detection alert notified officers of the incident, and they believe Huesca\u2019s car was stolen. The University of Chicago Medical Center pronounced Huesca dead after he was transported there.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson expressed his condolences to Huesca\u2019s family and work colleagues in a post on X. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo family or community should ever have to suffer such pain,\u201d Johnson wrote. \u201cI met with Officer Huesca\u2019s mother and uncle this morning and assured them that they have my full support as they deal with this unspeakable loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I met with Officer Huesca\u2019s mother and uncle this morning and assured them that they have my full support as they deal with this unspeakable loss. Our city is grieving, and our condolences go out to their entire family as well as Luis\u2019 fellow officers and community.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChicagosMayor\/status\/1782062689058971788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Snelling held a press conference outside of the hospital on Sunday, where he said officers are trying to figure out whether Huesca was killed in a carjacking. There is no known motive or suspect in custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-7-million-covid-vaccines-given-in-u-s-with-70-of-available-doses-unused\/\" title=\"6.7 million COVID Vaccines Given in U.S. With 70% of Available Doses Unused\">working hard<\/a> out there to keep communities and to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wis-gop-lawmakers-slam-gov-evers-new-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"Wis. GOP lawmakers slam Gov. Evers\u2019 new mask mandate\">people safe<\/a>, and today that officer was a victim of the type of crime that he was working against to keep people safe in this city,\u201d Snelling said. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of violent crime out here, and there are people who are brazen and cowardly in the way they go about their days and carry out these violent acts against the decent, hardworking people of this city, who are just trying to live their lives the right way. It has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tragic news comes about a year after two Chicago Police officers, Areanah Preston and Andres Vasquez-Lasso, were fatally shot in separate incidents a couple of months apart. Vasquez-Lasso was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2024\/04\/21\/chicago-cop-killed-off-duty-luis-huesca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly<\/a> a friend of Huesca\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Huesca was a six-year veteran of the force, where he most recently served in the 5th District as a Priority Response Team member. Tuesday would have been his 31st birthday. He is survived by his mother and uncle. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Chicago, Officer Luis Huesca, 30, was fatally shot during his commute home at 2:53 a.m., found near 56th Street, South Kedzie Avenue, multiple gunshots wounds. The officer, wearing his uniform under a jacket, was missing his car. Tragically, he did not survive the attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2226742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24072816565752-1-1024x685.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24072816565752-1-1024x685.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}