Slain Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez remembered as loving husband, standout colleague at funeral
by Jeremy Gorner, Elvia Malagon and Patrick M. O'Connell, Chicago Tribune
Nov 26, 2018
4 minutes
CHICAGO - Hundreds of police officers gathered at a church in a suburban Chicago church on Monday to honor and remember fallen Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez.
A blizzard that socked the Chicago area overnight did not prevent officers from Chicago and across the country from attending the late-morning funeral service at the Chapel of St. Joseph at Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, where the 28-year-old officer was remembered as a loving husband, father, friend and colleague.
Jimenez, a married father of three, was killed a week ago while responding to a call at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center. The officer was one of three people fatally shot by a
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