CHICAGO– An arrest warrant has been issued for a 22-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer as he was returning home from work.
Chicago police said in a community alert Saturday that the warrant was issued Friday and the department is seeking information that will lead to the man’s arrest.
“The subject should be considered armed and dangerous,” police said, adding that anyone who sees him should not approach the man but should call 911.
The Associated Press is not releasing the suspect’s name because he has yet to be arraigned.
Officer Luis M. Huesca, 30, was shot multiple times on the city’s southwest side shortly before 3 a.m. on April 21. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Huesca was in uniform, but wore something over the uniform to cover it, as is customary for off-duty officers, Chief Larry Snelling said.
Police have said officers responded to a gunshot detection alert and found the officer outside with gunshot wounds. His vehicle was seized, but police could not confirm whether the shooting was part of a carjacking.
Huesca was a six-year veteran of the police force and just two days shy of his 31st birthday when he was killed.
