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Chicago police officer killed in Gage Park had spoken just last year at memorial for fellow officer

People embrace as Chicago police investigate the scene where an off-duty officer was shot and killed overnight on Sunday, April 21, 2024, in the 3100 block of West 56th Street in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood.

CHICAGO — When his friend and fellow Chicago police Officer was fatally shot in the line of duty last year, Luis Huesca called him “one of those guys that actually deserved this star” in a . Huesca tapped a badge pinned to his lapel, etched with the slain officer’s number 7649: “He was very proud to wear this

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