Chicago Police Officer Fatally Shot Overnight While Heading Home From Work

Chicago Police Officer Fatally Shot Overnight While Heading Home From Work
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CHICAGO—A 30-year-old Chicago police officer was shot and killed overnight on the city’s southwest side while heading home from work, police said Sunday.

Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters the officer was going home and still in uniform, but wearing something on top of the uniform to cover it as is customary for off-duty officers. The officer was shot multiple times early Sunday and pronounced dead at a Chicago hospital, Snelling said.