Federal prosecutors are seeking a stiff five-year prison sentence for the so-called straw purchaser of the gun used to kill Chicago Police Officer Ella French and seriously wound her partner insisting that the man “shares blame for what happened to those officers.”
Chicago police statistics show dozens of shootings and eight fatalities in the Windy City this past weekend, as authorities work to combat violent crime.
Fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French was honored by family members, colleagues and local dignitaries at an emotional ceremony to commemorate one year since.
“Right here and right now, we take this day back,” Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said during the ceremony at police headquarters. “We honor Officer French, who lived, and lift up the lives she touched.”