John Catanzara, police union president, discussed the maneuvering with the Sun-Times. When the mayor's office began "pushing back" against staying away, Catanzara said, the slain officer's sister told him if the mayor showed up, she would "make a scene and throw him out myself."
Hundreds of mourners gathered Monday morning at St. Rita Catholic Church for the funeral of slain Chicago police officer Luis Huesca. The hearse carrying Huesca’s remains arrived at St. Rita from Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn shortly after 10:30 a.m. Scores of law enforcement officers from municipalities across the Chicago area crowded onto St. Rita’s north lawn in a show of support. .
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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 .
Hundreds of mourners gathered along a funeral procession route in Chicago to say farewell to police officer Luis M. Huesca, who was shot to death while leaving work.