Off-duty Chicago police officer shot to death while heading home from shift in Gage Park, CPD says

CHICAGO (WLS) — An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot to death on the Southwest Side early Sunday morning, CPD said.

CPD Supt. Larry Snelling said the shooting happened in the 8th Police District as the uniformed officer was heading home from his shift.

Officers responded to a gunshot detection alert in the 5500 block of South Kedzie Avenue the city’s Gage Park neighborhood just before 3 a.m., Snelling later said in a statement. The officers toured the area and drove to the 3100 block of West 56th Street, where they found the off-duty officer, who had been shot multiple times.

During a press conference later Sunday morning, Snelling said the 30-year-old officer was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Snelling said the officer’s vehicle was taken following the shooting.

The officer had served with the department for six years, Snelling said. He was just two days shy of his 31st birthday.

A procession transported the officer from the hospital to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office later Sunday morning.

CPD said investigators are still looking for a suspect and that a motive for the shooting is still unknown.

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