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‘At times like these, we are in despair’: Mourners gather for funeral of slain CPD Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso

To the people who knew him best, Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso was a loyal friend and confidant, even if he sometimes seemed serious upon first meeting. To his mother, he was “my police officer,” as she affectionately called him. To some of his colleagues at the police academy, a friend fondly recalled, he was the officer who got the class in trouble one day when he was ...
Chicago firefighters salute the hearse during the processional for Chicago police Officer Andres Mauricio Vasquez Lasso through the West Side along the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Chicago.

To the people who knew him best, Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso was a loyal friend and confidant, even if he sometimes seemed serious upon first meeting.

To his mother, he was “my police officer,” as she affectionately called him. To some of his colleagues at the police academy, a friend fondly recalled, he was the officer who got the class in trouble one day when he was late.

Family, friends and Chicago police officers on Thursday shared emotional

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