Chicago police officer fatally shot overnight while heading home from work

CHICAGO– A 30-year-old Chicago police officer was shot dead overnight on the city’s Southwest Side as he headed home from work, police said Sunday.

Chief Larry Snelling told reporters that the officer went home still in uniform but wearing something over the uniform to cover it, as is customary for off-duty officers. The officer was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at a Chicago hospital early Sunday, Snelling said.

The police did not provide a motive.

The officer’s vehicle was seized, but police would not confirm whether the shooting was part of a carjacking, citing a preliminary investigation. The police have not arrested any suspect.

“The officer was a victim of the type of crime he worked against to keep the people of this city safe,” Snelling said. “Another sad day for the Chicago Police Department.”

The officer was six years old with the department and just two days shy of his 31st birthday.