Off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed in Gage Park

The Chicago Police Department said a police officer was shot to death while heading home from his shift early Sunday morning.

The officer was off-duty but uniformed when he was shot in the Gage Park neighborhood, authorities said.

Superintendent Larry Snelling said in a press conference Sunday morning that the officer was shot multiple times before he was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center. His vehicle was stolen on the scene.

Snelling said the officer was just two days shy of his 31st birthday. A procession carried the officer’s body to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office Sunday morning.

CPD said investigators are still looking for a suspect.

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