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Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca remembered as ‘Lionheart’ by family as his funeral is held

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling presents a folded flag to Edith Huesca, mother of slain Chicago police Officer Luis M. Huesca, alongside his sister, Lily O’ Brien, on April 29, 2024, at St.

CHICAGO — The typically busy stretch of south Western Avenue outside St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel was quiet Monday morning.

Instead of tractor trailers hauling freight, the thoroughfare was lined with scores of police vehicles from cities and towns across northern Illinois.

Hundreds of Chicago cops and their counterparts from other nearby municipalities gathered at St. Rita for the funeral mass of Luis Huesca, the 30-year-old CPD officer who was fatally shot earlier this month as he returned to

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